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For those who are new... my mom is a tonsil cancer survivor!

bpell0402
bpell0402 CSN Member Posts: 61
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
It's been a while since i've been here! Mom and I had a conversation on the journey we've been on and i thought it was only appropriate to thank everyone here for all your help and to know that you will NEVER be forgotten.


For those who are new, my mother ended rads for tonsil cancer in july and she is doing wonderful! She's practically back to her usual self with only some minor side effects. Her taste is 100% but she has come along way with that. She cannot eat really dry things but her new diet of salads and veggies has been much better than her old one of bagels and pasta!

Her scans and exams have all been clean! We go back again in april.

For those of you starting out on this difficult road, i hope to share that you will get through it and there is light at the end of the tunnel. When we first recieved this diagnosis, i really thought at times that we would never get through it... and everyone here helped me through some really tough times and helped me and my mother get through this
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  • Jimbo55
    Jimbo55 CSN Member Posts: 590 Member
    #2
    Mom!
    Always great to hear positive results. Congrats to your Mom. Enjoy life! Cheers.

    Jimbo
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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 CSN Member Posts: 8,307 Member
    #3
    Congrats BPell....and Mom
    So glad that you're both doing well...

    Hopefully you'll stick around a little helping others as well. But if not, that's a good thing as well.

    This ordeal is like a brother/sister hood, not unlike the bond I have with fellow Marines or military.

    It's something that you just can't fully appreciate or understand if you haven't actually gone through and endured it.

    You as a care giver are very much a part of it as a survivor...even more so at times.

    Survivors just do what we have to do to survive. Care givers allow us to do that and run intereference for everything else in life which is still moving forward.

    Best,
    John
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  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass CSN Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #4
    Great-
    to get this update. Just made my day, bpell. I, too, have become a salad addict, and 7Up is oh so welcome. Just mega-great to hear your Mom is doing great.

    kcass
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  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor CSN Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #5
    Her new lease
    was signed and delivered. Congrats. Enjoy each day....

    Pat
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  • Laura Lynn
    Laura Lynn CSN Member Posts: 11
    #6
    Thank you for the
    Thank you for the encouragement. My mom is half way through treatment. Thank you!
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