I went to check at a blood donation site about 4 years ago (at that point I had been cancer-free for about 14 years). Because I was well past the 5-year point, they accepted me into the normal screening process and allowed me to give blood, once I had passed all the other criteria.

Cathy

Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989