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Hi please can you tell me are there any long term squamous cell survivors out there?My husband is 3B squamous.
Hi there.
I've just been hunting for my old cancer records and can't find the thing I was looking for. However, when I was diagnosed in 2000, I was told that was a large, inoperable squamous tumour. If I find the paperwork confirming it, I'll get back to you.
Best wishes, Bill
Thank you ,it is great to see people who have got through it.Why do you think you survived? My husband is having 4 Cycles of Gemcitabin and carboplatin,he is tolerating it really well,it will then be followed by an aggressive radiotherapy course.He seems to be treating all this as though you just get through it and get better.I cannot believe how positive he is,I am so proud of him.I hope so much that he comes through it ,Regards Teresa
Hi. I just sent a response to your message, but it doesn't seem to have gone, due to a fault. If you get this, I'll try again later. If not...
Bill
Hi Teresa
I'll try again!! There seemed to be a problem with the site earlier.
I was diagnosed in spring 2000, as having a large, inoperable sqamous tumour. I was treated with five overnight sessions of chemo, and each was followed eight days later, with a short top-up session. Then I had a month of radiotherapy, which took me till the end of September. I re-started work in December, and retired in December 2009.
My survival was due to a few things. I had an excellent consultant. She fed me the right cocktail of chemo drugs and looked after my treatment from start to finish. Although I was scared witless at the start, I grew a bit more confident as time went by. I had plenty of positive folk around me, and a strong faith.
Your husband's positive attitude will be a big help, but he still has to take on board that he has a serious illness.
Wish you both all the best.
Bill
Hi Bill thank you so much for your reply,I think I may have misled you, Geoff realises very much the seriousness of his illness,but it only comes out at times,such as when he asked me did I think it was time for him to write letters for our grown up children and our grandson aged 10,or in conversation with friends about how frightening it was when he realised it was a Macmillan nurse who sat in when we had the diagnosis,I also saw the fear when I had to take him to hospital because his temperature hit 38.4.He is a material scientist who has been involved in bio med research,I think it his way of coping,he has always been a very strong person,and I know he is prepared to deal with what this dreadful disease will bring.Once again many thanks for your support.Teresa
Hi Theresa,
I am sorry you are going through this difficult time. Sadly I lost my husband about 4 months ago. After he died we found a letter he had written to me and my children and it was a great comfort. I still look at the letter most days. However, he didn't write it after his diagnosis with Cancer, he had written it a few years ago when he had been diagnosed with atrial fibrilation and his father had died. At that time I think he realised that no one knows what is around the corner and that he wanted to make sure we knew how much we meant to him if he was not here to tell us.
So I would encourage your husband to write those letters, not because of the cancer, but because none of us ever knows. As you will have read here lots of people have had good outcomes after a diagnosis of cancer and I hope your husband responds well to the treatment.
Take care x
