| "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 711 | I'd say I started to think "survivor" when I was tald I was cancer free. Of course, like any 60 year old person, I've survived so many near catastrophies. I survived a tour in Viet Nam with the Marine Corps infantry, I survived an accident which left my torso, arms and face covered with burns, I survived a really stupid attempt to climb a cliff in the Big Sur River gorge all by myself, and now, cancer. I figure, after Viet Nam and the 58,000 Americans who died there, I have nothing to complain about whenever I do join them. I've had a lot of life that so many never had a chance at. Of course, I'm in no hurry there. I'm going to hang on to life and fight for every minute of it. And, continue to be a "survivor".
David R. 65 yr old male non-smoker, light drinker, stage 3 or 4, depending on which doc you ask, scc rt. tonsil, 2 nodes, 7 weeks radiation and chemo. No surgery. Teatment ended 3/20/08. PET scan 8/08 showed no cancer.
And now, as of oct, 2010, caregiver to wife, Linda, with breast cancer.
May, 2013, Linda diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Enuf already.
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