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New Here: Just had surgery for mouth and neck (lymph) cancer
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: May 4, 2023 | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your positive outlook. My Dad just got his 10 year throat neck cancer didn’t return checkup - we were celebrating the news first week of February and now a few weeks later we find out he has tongue cancer at the base. It’s just unbelievable. My Dad is also a veteran and I feel so helpless because he’s such a strong and caring person. I just want him to stay strong and know he is here for a reason. I’ll keep coming back to your posts because in times of such struggle, pain and every other feeling we have to remain strong. For those going through it and those who help those experiencing things. Thank you!
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All of us with Head and Neck cancer realize that the treatments we received can predispose us to a recurrence. I panic with each canker sore I have in my mouth fearing it is a new squamous cell carcinoma starting up. I am 11 years from my initial SCC in my ear, and the post surgery radiation to my head caused its own damage, which may result in more cancer. You just stay positive and follow the medical advice and continue to improve your diet and lifestyle to help minimize the chance of a recurrence. I have had 4 different metastases over the years and the last one has disappeared with 2 years on a newer immunotherapy Cemiplimab. The side effects have been tolerable and I am happy with no evidence of disease. One of my favorite and helpful books is How Not to be My Patient by the palliative care Mayo doctor Ed Creagan. I follow a lot of his suggestions. Good luck to your Dad and you as a caregiver.
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Bibonita, How True that is… I am so sorry to know about your Dear Dad’s illness… Though I somehow survived 3long years in Combat, Cancer is one of those ‘hidden’ enemies that just sneaks up on you when you least expect it, even when ‘they’ tell one that ‘you’re Cancer free’ after extensive difficult treatments… one unfortunately is never free, but one can stay strong and forward looking and never give up, which I am sure your Dad will do…. Having you by his side will go a long way in helping him stay strong…. As you too must stay strong ok?