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Date Entered at Shared Experience: 08/06/2001
Cancer Type: THROAT
Diagnosis: I'M NEW TO THE NET. NEED AHSNERS AS TO WHY MY
HEALTHY & BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER' CHANTEL DEVELOPED
HEAD & NECK CANCER---SHE DIDN'T SMOKE DRIN(WINE @
WEDDINGS OR TO DINNNER--WAS A HEALTH CONSCIENCE
HAPPY GIRL-VEGAN==LOVED LIFE AND SO HEALTH C CONSCIENCE. ALWATS WENT TO THE DENTIST--THEY DISCOVERED TE WHITE LESIONS UNDER HER TONGUE--HAD 5 BIOPS IN 2 YRS----ALWAYS ATYPICAL BUT NO NEED FOR ALARM--AFTER THE 5TH THEY DISCOVERED TONGUE CANCR
SHE ASKED THE SURGEON T/BE AGGRESIVE--TAKE ALL
NECK LYMPH NODES--TLD NOT NECESSARY--THE FIRST
SURGERY & RADIATION WAS MAR. OF 98-FOLLOWING
JUNE WENT FOR CHECKUP--CZNCER IN LYMPHODES--NECK
AND ARMS. ALL OF US WORRIED AND SICK BT THOUGHT IT WAS
CAUGHT EARLY;--NEXT JUNE MORE RADICAL SURGERY'
AND NOW RADIATION& CHEMO--CAN'T HANDLE TELLING ALL
BUT THE FOLLOWING MAY SHE DIED AFTER A VERY DETERMINED AND VIOLENTSTRUGGL UST TO TRY TO LIVE---
I COULD NEVER HAVE THE COURAGE OR DETERMINATION
THAT SHE HAD---ALL TO NO AVAILWHEN SHE HAD THE
LAST DIAGNOSIS WE LEARNED OF OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THE BALLSTON SPA, NILTON, CLIFTON PARK & SARATOGA
AREAWHERE SHE LIVED, ALSOHAD THIS RARE TYPE OF
CANCER--i;M NEWTO THE WEB BUT HOPE OTHERS MIGHT
READ THIS AND PERHAPS WE CAN GROUP TO LEARN WHY
THERE IS SUCH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF NEW CANCERS OF
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT AREA--SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT
AND I BELIEVE WE MUST ALL CONNECT TO TRY TO
FIND A REASON. I AM OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN TO CANCER CHANTEL WAS 31 FIRST
DIAGNOCES BUT EVEN 50 0R 60 IS FAR TOO YONG FOR THIS FORM. SHE ALSO LOST HER BELOVED SON ETHAN,, ON FEB. 19'2000 TO A VERY RARE SYNDROME. HE WAS THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES AND WAS BORN OCT. 01' 87
THANKS.

UNGNEN M----AONSCIENCE ANDDD WAS SO HGG
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