- aebeach3
- Radford, VA
- Member Since Sep 2012
Their Diagnoses (1)
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- Survivor: Skin Cancer - Non-Melanoma
- Patient Info: Finished active treatment more than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: over 15 years ago, Male, Age: 66
- View this journey (6 Experiences)
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Celebration (stabilization): knowing what to expect, doing routine dermatology visits quarterly to find and treat new skin cancers has become the new normal these past 5 years...glad to be alive and able to keep checking things
almost 10 years ago -
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Loss (Body part/function): mouth/oral capacity and function; hair above ear and left side of face are hairless; partial hearing loss in left ear
almost 10 years ago -
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Radiation (External radiation ): really got to burning the last three weeks...lost my smell, appetite, taste and had to get a stomach tube
almost 10 years ago -
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Drug or Chemo Therapy (Chemotherapy): always got a little jacked by the synthetics they added to boost my energy...chemo was weekly IV concurrent with daily radiation
almost 10 years ago -
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Procedure or Surgery (Surgery to remove cancer that has spread): surgery went 15 hours to remove cancer and do reconstruction on my face....lost all nerves in left side of face, and mouth only opened about an inch...still like that...hard to move food around while eating, and I have to eat much more slowly and pay attention to avoid accidental choking.
almost 10 years ago