| Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 | Hello everyone, Just wanted to share that I'm 4.5 years post treatment and all is well.
Will check in more frequently and a big shout of thanks to ChristineB for all her help in 2017! Stef
Keep fighting friends!
Me -- currently 53 years old SCC diagnosed 3/7/2017 at age 48 Staging SCC HPV+ T0,N1 primary unknown PET 3/16, no activity, biopsies 3/23 benign TORS surgery identified 2mm tumor in BOT (vallecula) Cancer restaged T1, N2, M0 Begin 30 sessions of radiation (60 Gy) 6/13 Completed radiation 7/24/2017 1st MRI clear 10/23/2017!! 2nd MRI clear 10/17/2018! | 1 member likes this:
embishop | | | | Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 174 Likes: 52 Assistant Administrator Senior Member (100+ posts) | Assistant Administrator Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 174 Likes: 52 | Stef H
Wonderful to hear and thanks for sharing. And, glad to see you plan to get on this forum more often. Stay well!
Nels
OC thriver, Tongue Stage IV, diag 3/12/20, surg 4/1/20, RT compltd 7/8/20
| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 66 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 66 | Always nice to hear good news. People often come here predominantly when things are in the difficult process of treatments, or when something has not gone well. A positive post shows newbies that it does get better, and survivors are the ones that come back to help others, so thanks for the post and checking in. B
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