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                |    |       Joined:  Nov 2021  Posts: 8 Likes: 1    Member   |      OP      Member    Joined:  Nov 2021  Posts: 8 Likes: 1  |    Hi I used to be on Cancer Compass. I am coming up on 12 years post treatment for Stage 4 base of tongue cancer.  Just want to offer encouragement to all who are on this forum!      |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Sep 2019  Posts: 120 Likes: 15    Senior Member (100+ posts)   |           Senior Member (100+ posts)    Joined:  Sep 2019  Posts: 120 Likes: 15  |    Welcome to the group and thanyou so much we all are glad to have someone like you in the group      |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Oct 2021  Posts: 14 Likes: 2    Member   |           Member    Joined:  Oct 2021  Posts: 14 Likes: 2  |    Welcome Dianed... so encouraging to have you join us.        
Stage IV SCC of left gingiva invading left jawbone, Nov. 15, 2021 mandibulectomy and fibula free flap reconstruction surgery, Seven weeks of chemo and rads.
  |      |       |               |    |       Joined:  Dec 2021  Posts: 2    Member   |           Member    Joined:  Dec 2021  Posts: 2  |    I was going hoarse and didn't know why. An urgent care doctor said it was tonsillitis. It wasn't. I went to an E.N.T. doctor and was diagnosed with vocal cords cancer.        
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