Wow it seems like so long ago yet just the other day I was sitting in your chair. I went to the oral surgeon by myself cause everybody was too busy to go. When he told me that he was sure it was cancer and was going to book a biopsy all I could say is I can't do this....It can't be...I can't do this...wow I got to the car and the tears started coming... felt so alone and despondant...Well Elle here I am today a suvivor had extensive surgery and terriefied was the word for my journey and fight...It is not going to be easy but you can do it and there will be someone with you every step of the way. The hardest part of all this is waiting and you will hear it many times the fear of the unknown. I learned to trust in my family here on the OCF site and my doctors. I did not find this site till after my biopsy and waiting for the results. I found it through my team at the hospital doing my cancer treatment. It has been such a help to me and many others. Please do not hesitate to write. You will come out of this a winner one step at a time


Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY