 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | It still makes me wonder with all the billions of people that smoke and all the billions that drink and all the billions that drink and smoke and all the billions that are exposed to HPV why are we so lucky. What is it within us or what makes us take the same ingredients and have it turn into Oral Cancer? Is it our genetic makeup, an extra chromosome, a missing one? I just want to think that we all share some common "thing" that makes this make sense.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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