#10726 05-22-2007 09:01 PM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 3 Member | OP  Member
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 3 | I'll be 22 in a month, and have smoked 2.5 years but only when I drank, which was roughly once a week. So once a week, I would drink moderate/heavy amounts of alcohol and smoke about 4 cigarettes. Given my age and habits, and my decision to abstain completely from smoking, can anyone please tell me what my risk is for developing oral cancer?
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#10727 05-23-2007 01:26 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Probably a lot less than being shocked to death accessing this web site.
Stop smoking forever, go have some fun and forget about oral cancer.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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#10728 05-23-2007 04:40 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | are u just curious as to what your risk is or you have somthing going on to make you curious ? I agree with David ..QUIT FOREVER !! However I never smoked and I was diag,,,But dont increase it by smoking and for 4 cigarettes a week ....you can go without !!! And save yourself some money ,,,which you will need cus of the price of gas ...OK now I am rambling ...Have you ever read " If you give a pig a pancacke "? Well I am rambling like that . All in ALl if you have no symptoms ..go be happy and enjoy life and live it to it fullest ...If you have somthing of concern to you have it looked at . No one could accuraltey give you your % of risk...Just know that smoking can cause so many issues that arent worth it !
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#10729 05-23-2007 04:54 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | If you can go all week without smoking, then you can easily NOT smoke at all. Now when I see people smoking, I want to go up to them and say, "Let me tell you that you do NOT want this cancer!" Of course, I don't do that, but with ALL the dangerous effects of smoking, why chance it?? Do NOT buy another pack, and go right now, not just to the trash can, but to the sink, and run water over your last cigarettes, and then pat yourself on the back, and say, "Yay! I did a great thing for myself."
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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