 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Hi Partlycloudy!
It is a challenge, isn't it, moving forward. I'm now an 18-year survivor or lymphoma and an almost 1-year survivor of oral cancer. The most important thing for me is to keep looking forward. Rehashing missteps of the past, and the what-ifs that follow, are mostly pointless unless you use that exercise to make positive changes in your life. Also, I've tried to reconnect with the things that I've loved in my life - camping, bird-watching and other outdoor activities nurture my soul and feed my mind. I try to live simply, have good people in my life and focus on moving forward one step at a time.
- 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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