#46959 06-07-2006 05:31 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 261 Gold Member (200+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 261 | I guess one would start counting from end of rad & chemo? I don't know, nor does it matter much. All I know is I have had to start watching what I eat again to maintain my young man physique I've developed over the last year & a half or so. LOL! Things are good & life is sorta back to normal as far as no fear & loathing. I take it day by day though. It's weird the things you can get used to. I just ate a bunch of that new Hagen Dass Mayan Chocolate & managed to breathe some in a couple of times & coughed like hell! Damn it was good though!
dx 2/11/04 scca bot T3 IU 2B MO poorly differentiated, margins ok, 3/16 modest, jaw split, over half of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - finished chemo & rad treatment 5/20/04
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#46960 06-07-2006 06:02 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Hi Erik,
Congratulations. The question of when you start counting your survivorship from has been discussed here before, many times. Whether you use the date of diagnosis, the date of surgery or the date of the end of treatment, you're right...it doesn't much matter.
Many say that as soon as you find out you have cancer, you are a survivor. My personal decision has been to use the date of my surgery as I had no radiation or chemo. I think that as time goes on this will become less and less of an issue for all of us.
Again, congratulations and keep the good news coming.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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#46961 06-08-2006 12:58 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Hi, I think my diagnosis date 5/10/02 will always stick in my mind, I had the surgery Memorial weekend 2002 and finished radiation the end of August. Grateful to be here 4 years later! SMILE! Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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