Tier 2 Phase 1b....

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

My wife is 22 years out

 

16 minutes ago, Al Agnew said:

Five years for my wife.  Basically she is now at the point where she has no more risk of it returning than anybody who hasn't had it.

              YEA ! and YEA again!

[jdmidwest]

That 5 year mark is the big hurdle.  After that, just keep watch.

[Johnsfolly]

Food for thought.. how do cancer survivors feel about someone who experienced any emotionally traumatic experience being called a survivor?

[jdmidwest]

I personally feel great about being a survivor.

The only thing is the thought of it coming back is always lingering in the back.

When the thought of it does rear up, like the last sore on the tongue, and a biopsy proves it's nothing, another best moment in life.

I deal with the damage daily and it has changed my life.  The surgeries and radiation I had left a weaker arm, visible scars, slight speech impairment, loss of certain taste, difficult swallowing, dry mouth and sinuses, and chronic pain.  Every frontal pressure change feels like someone grabbing me by the throat and choking me.

But it really does not affect my life in a way that anyone would notice.  My job requires daily speech communications with customers, the masks and noisy factory settings have been the worst so far, but I manage.

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Somebody asked my wife if she is worried about getting it again.  And she said: "They removed all my parts where women typically get cancer.  There's nothing left."😂

[fishinwrench]

Do so called Cancer "survivors" ever pause and wonder if they never actually had cancer to begin with ?

Just curious. 🤔 

[jdmidwest]

6 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Do so called Cancer "survivors" ever pause and wonder if they never actually had cancer to begin with ?

Just curious. 🤔 

Mine was pretty obvious.  It was rotting a hole out of my tongue.