Jennifer’s Story Chapter I: She is an RDH diagnosed with SCC of the right tonsil and scared about the treatment. Chapter II: Jennifer’s surgery is successful and she feels gratitude. Chapter III: One week post surgery Jennifer writes: Just up in the middle of the night and reflecting on some of what your post-surgical reality must’ve been. The air is …
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Tonsil Cancer Survivor and Harley Rider
Debra Sheridan’s story is the kind I like to read. She gives hope to those who are compromised with what we take for granted…eating, speaking, breathing. Oral cancer can steal your ability to do many things, but it cannot steal your ability to live your life. That is a choice. Ride on Debra! I remember the day my neighbor Dave …
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Feeding Tube after Oral Cancer Surgery Necessary?
Dear Eva, After your surgery did you feel like you would never be normal again? I’m really struggling with that part. I have to go back in tomorrow to remove a small part in the back of my tongue to make margins clean. I’m starting 37 days of radiation after the holidays. The feeding tube I have is the most …
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Survivors Give Back
I met Natalie when I spoke at a SPOHNC support group at Beth Israel Medical Center. She was preparing for the same surgery I had and was scared, to put it mildly. She had a positive attitude and focussed on recovery. One month after her surgery, she was a featured speaker at the Lehigh Valley Oral Cancer Walk for Awareness. …
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Lawsuits for Oral Cancer
I am not the type of person who runs to file a lawsuit. In fact, I didn’t even think of it after recovering from surgery from oral cancer. A relative who is a lawyer came to visit me after surgery and said, “Something is terribly wrong here. A healthy young woman…and now you look like Frankenstein.” He insisted I have a …