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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Liz,
No indignation on my part. My sisters both smoke, despite my family's incredibly high risk for cancers. One sister has already been treated for breast cancer, cut back during treatment, and went right back after treatment ended. I don't get indignant with them, mostly just sad that it is such an addictive thing that they can't beat, as much as they might want to. (Well, one sister wants to, the breast cancer survivor has never indicated a desire to quit.)
- Margaret
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
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