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Cancer Support

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

12. I've had cancer twice and I'm still here

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 06:08 PM

Oct 2017

You have modern medical science going for you. My oncologist (the first time) told me that, just a few decades earlier, the treatment for what I had consisted of giving the patient morphine to ease his final days. I'm completely ignorant about your type of cancer, but I'll hazard a guess that you're on the right side of history. Good luck!

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Finally got test confirmation that I have squamous cell skin cancer. [View all] Lint Head Oct 2017 OP

... shenmue Oct 2017 #1

Thanks! Lint Head Oct 2017 #6

Good luck! nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #2

Thanks! Lint Head Oct 2017 #5

I survived Stage 3 Melanoma Pachamama Oct 2017 #3

Thank You! Never had cancer of any type so I am worried. Lint Head Oct 2017 #4

What stage did they say? Pachamama Oct 2017 #7

On my thigh. They didn't mention a stage but said the cells Lint Head Oct 2017 #9

This is also good news - further away from vital organs Pachamama Oct 2017 #10

I'm male. Lived on a lake as a youth. Water skied a lot. On the beach a lot. I've been a little Lint Head Oct 2017 #11

I've had cancer twice and I'm still here Jim Lane Oct 2017 #12

Good luck MFM008 Oct 2017 #8

Good luck! radical noodle Oct 2017 #13

I am glad they caught it early. alfredo Nov 2017 #14