Cancer...Support Daffodil day 25 Aug

[Fordy]

I've been avoiding this topic for a while now but i thought since its Daffodil Day on friday i can make this more about the disease then myself.

Just over 2 months ago i was diagnosed as having tumour which was cancerous in the floor of my mouth, (some of you may remember me complaining about ulcers in the ulcer thread). Lucky for me they said its treatable, but as some of you may know if you dont get it all, it can come back ten times worse. Well i had to undergo an operation which took 8 hours where they literally split my jaw and bottom lip and opened my face up like a book. They removed almost half my tongue which needed to be restructed with tissue, skin and an artery from my left forearm and then that needed a skin graft from my left leg. I also need a trachy.....(dunno spelling) but basically a tube in my neck so i could breathe, which was probably the hardest part of the whole op(it was in for a week). Its been 8 weeks since the op and im still not speaking properly or eating solid foods and im limited to use on my left arm.

Now there is some technical term for this cancer but basically its known as a smokers cancer......Funny thing is I DONT SMOKE. Im apprarently one of the 1% of people that get this cancer for no other reason but bad luck.

Im dont want peoples sympathy, i just dont want anyone to go through what i have so far (i start 6 weeks of radiotherapy tommoro). Thats why i ask you support a good cause in Daffodil day and help in the fight for a cure for cancer.

for more details you can got to the website www.daffodilday.com.au

or look out for mercahndise stands at your local shop.