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| Date Entered at Shared Experience: 08/06/2001 |
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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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