 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Carol,
I hate to tell you this, but it will never be normal again. The sooner you accept that the sooner you will find your "new normal". I spent alot of time chasing after my "old normal" so hope to avoid you doing the same. Your life has changed, that is what cancer does. We can be cancer free, but never free of cancer. It's with us the rest of our lives. Accepting that allows us to move on. My life is INCREDIBLE now, I wouldn't change a thing.
Take care,
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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