A year ago....
nwasen
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I realized today that about a year ago was when I decided to try and find out why my voice was changing and I was having trouble swallowing.
My primary care doc missed it over and over again.
The best advice I can give anyone new to the site is to listen to your body and if you aren't feeling better, get another opinion. Still no better; go to another doctor.
I finally got to my ENT on the 3rd of Sept. and he put his finger way down my throat and discovered my stage 4 mass on my tongue!
I feel so good now and my after effects are so minimal....I am a lucky woman. If I think about it really hard I can remember with my heart beating harder those first weeks of terror.
Make a plan, get all your ducks in a row and surround yourself with loving friends and family and learn all you can to fight the beast.
peace
Nancy aka toughcookie
My primary care doc missed it over and over again.
The best advice I can give anyone new to the site is to listen to your body and if you aren't feeling better, get another opinion. Still no better; go to another doctor.
I finally got to my ENT on the 3rd of Sept. and he put his finger way down my throat and discovered my stage 4 mass on my tongue!
I feel so good now and my after effects are so minimal....I am a lucky woman. If I think about it really hard I can remember with my heart beating harder those first weeks of terror.
Make a plan, get all your ducks in a row and surround yourself with loving friends and family and learn all you can to fight the beast.
peace
Nancy aka toughcookie
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