How long have you survived

delnative said:

Almost two years
I had Stage III SCC of the right tonsil, one lymph node involved. Had tonsillectomy, 30 rads and two rounds of Cisplatin, followed by a modified radical neck dissection three months after treatment ended. On Oct. 5 I celebrate the second anniversary of the last day of radiation.

--Jim in Delaware

woohoo
Alright Jim, congrats 10/5 coming up....

abbimom said:

still here
I am 10 years post treatment. I had squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and it metastisized to the lymphnodes in my neck.

2 YEARS!
Treatment ended Nov 15, 2008.

Starting to forget for longer periods of time. Nice.



John

hawk711 said:

6 months
I love hearing from Sash, Abbimom, etc on the 5-10 years of cancer survivorship!!!!!
I had a very clean PET scan and my Oncologist says I am in remission and to enjoy life. Still can't eat everything but it is getting better every week-month. I can't wait to put up my 10 year post treatment note on this website in 2020!!!!!!Squamour cell of the tongue and it metastisized to lymphnodes in my neck too.......God bless all you long termers!!!See ya down the road.....
Steve

Feels like forever

Almost 3 months, Esthesioneuroblastoma.

At this point having trouble remembering what life was life before cancer took over my world. But I am taking it back and look forward to normal, or atleast normal for me.

This was a good idea.

D Lewis said:

You ALL rock!
Four months today, BOT (base of tongue) SCC with mets to lymph nodes on both sides. T1N2cM0 (that's stage 4). One 3-cm lymph node removed from right neck, 38 rads and 3 rounds of high-dose cisplatin. Three month PET-CT scan showed no evidence of disease!

Deb xoxoxoxoxo

4 Months 3 Days
Finished up on May 13th (at Stanford same as D. Lewis, it's a wonder i didnt see her):-), 33 rads, 2 out of 3 nasty chemo's. Stage 3 or 4 SCC right Tonsil and BOT, Mets to one side only, several nodes. No Surgery. I live over 400 miles from Stanford and it was worth it. Plenty of side effects but that's collateral damage. I love this toppic and look forward to being here many many years from now posting how moany years it has been.
The power of Prayer.

hawk711 said:

6 months
I love hearing from Sash, Abbimom, etc on the 5-10 years of cancer survivorship!!!!!
I had a very clean PET scan and my Oncologist says I am in remission and to enjoy life. Still can't eat everything but it is getting better every week-month. I can't wait to put up my 10 year post treatment note on this website in 2020!!!!!!Squamour cell of the tongue and it metastisized to lymphnodes in my neck too.......God bless all you long termers!!!See ya down the road.....
Steve

10 years
hey steve
I'm always amazed when I can say it has been 10 years. I was diagnosed when I was 21 years old. I had part of the tongue removed and the radical neck dissection and then radiation and chemo and I guess it worked. 6 months is awesome. It is nice because now sometimes I forget what it was like going through all of that. The eating will get better but mine is different. I find drinking milk when I eat helps me. Enjoy life and congrats!! And take great care of your teeth!!!!
Best wishes,
Linda

pascotty said:

Awesome
That is sooooo inspiring to me. Thank you for your strength and for giving me and others so much hope xxx

TOO SOON TO JOIN THE CELEBRATION
Great to read for the positive attitude thing. All I have to hang onto is "I hope this stuff works." Seems like my main difference from allot of posters is the number of Nodes infected. I was 19 Cancer out of 21. Hope that does not "tarnish" my odds of beating this??

enough of my carrying on!!

CONGRATS TO ALL WHO ARE ENJOYING BEING NED!!!

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!

MIKE

Irishgypsie said:

Oral Cancer Foundation Web-site!
I haven't even had my 1st post PET scan so I won't post myself yet! But this is why I like the oral cancer foundation web-site. This site tends to have alot of people 1 year or less. They have alot of survivor stories of 5 years or more ! God Bless!!

Charles

Abby
Alright Charles...you got your new little girl posted. Congrats, Abby is just adorable....

Best,
John

fisrpotpe said:

No way it is too soon
The day your are diagnosed with this uglyness is the day your survivorship starts. I like to call it our new birthdate,

There are no odds to beating it, there are two results, survive and the other. You will survive, if you maintain a positive mental attitude, believe you will be fine and you will be, Continue your walk with faith, never, never, never give up and accept help from others as you can not do this yourself.

Keep it going.

John

Hi fisrpotpe
I like the new birthday idea, you are so right about that.

take care

~11 years
squamous cell
~11 years

squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue... I don't recall the classification, but they whisked me pretty much immediately into surgery. 1 coma, 1 month in the hospital, 3 months of radiation.