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Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 2 | Hello all fellows!
I recently diagnosed with stage 1 oral cancer and it is about 2 cm in size.
I am very depressed right now.
Wil i die ????? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 345 Likes: 8 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 345 Likes: 8 | hugs to you! I'm a caregiver and I have never dealt with depression and anxiety but going through the cancer journey is stressful and I struggle a lot these days. I am surrounded by several people on the same journey. Don't discredit what you feel. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Just keep looking ahead and take one day at a time, it's all we can handle anyway.
Spouse of 58 yr old with BOT cancer
Stage 4a HPV16 positive
3 chemo treatments cisplantin
35 radiation treatments 7000 cGy
former smoker/chewed tobacco for 38 yrs.
1/2020 diagnosed with cancer near TMJ
4/2020 chemo 5 days every 2 weeks
6/2020 proton therapy
9/21/2020 cancer free
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Joined: Sep 2018 Posts: 71 Likes: 1 | Stage I essentially means that you have a very small tumor with most likely no lymph node involvement. So it terms of cancer, this is very promising news. Your doctor should be able to answer any questions for you as far as the next steps to get you back to being completely healthy.
If you are feeling distressed, scared, depressed, etc., please reach out and talk to someone. When I received my cancer diagnosis I talked to several friends all the time to help me work through all the new feelings of anxiety and nervousness. Please reach out to those that care about you for help. Your mental health is important along with your physical health.
Best of luck to you on your journey to becoming cancer free.
Laura Age 40
Tongue lesion on left side grew and was hurting in mid-August
Dx as squamous cell carcinoma on 9.18.18
Left Neck Dissection and tongue surgery, lost a fourth of my tongue on 10.1.18, tumor had grown to a T3
Margins were clear except front section of tongue margin had three stray cancer cells that were not in the tumor
Additional surgery 10.18.18 to remove another cm near where the stray cells were found
33 radiation treatments from Nov 2018 through Jan 2019
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Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 133 Likes: 7 | You'll die but it shouldn't be from stage 1 cancer.
My first cancer operation was in 2003 for stage 1 and my doctors do not detect any cancer in me at this time.
SCC stage 1 Nov. '03,
SCC stage 2 (clear mrg, no rad, no chemo) RND, Feb. '15
SCC stage 1, lower gum Mar '23
TLC356
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