Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I echo everything Joanna said. The last thing I am going to do is waste time and energy worrying about another reoccurence. I've got 'places to go and things to do' and like Barry, my concern on both my cancers, was 'could I still travel'. If I learned anything from this experience, it was 'slow down and take time to smell the roses'. When spring arrived that first year, everything seemed so much greener, smelled so much sweeter, air nwas so much fresher, it is hard to explain. My husband just called about my Mom's income tax, and said 'there's a robin in the birdbath, a woodpecker on the suet and the crocuses are in bloom', I doubt he would have bothered to mention that 9 years ago. I think if we try, we all gain something from this detour.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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