Proof that we are Warriors!

I have a wonderful array of battle scars myself. No shrapnel either, but biopsies, gall bladder removal, knee surgery, failed port-a-cath, Hickman line, laparotomy (that's the biggest - from my navel to my pubic bone), 2 PEG tubes, and of course, my donor site on my wrist and the the skin graft site on my thigh.

And of course, my tongue.

Apparently, some people find scars sexy. Who knew??

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018