Okay, I thought I would write this little blurb up to let everyone know that currently there are some very scary things occurring in my life right now. Let me start off by saying that I was a heavy... I mean heavy dip tobacco user since I was legally able to buy it, so for about a year and a half. And I recently quit and decided that I needed to not do so many bad things with my life. I swear too much, drink to much etc. And I recently started developing ear and jaw pain, along with a feeling like something is caught in my throat!!!!!!! For those of you that don't know... these are trademark symptoms of cancer. I went in to have my doctor in Sacramento look at it. He isn't just a gp but a certified internist. So I tend to trust him a bit, and he said that there is nothign to worry about, despite all of the lumps in my mouth. Yet they are getting worse... So, I have a doctors appt scheduled for when I get back, actually... I graduate on the 27th and I have an appt on the 30th, with the same doctor that I have had since I was 4, I spoke to him on the phone and expressed my concern. He told me that he has never seen cancer in anyone as young as me who has chewed for such a short period of time but he will look at it and then refer me to an ent. What scares me isn't death but the upset that it will cause my family if this turns out to be something. As the survival rate for oral cancer is about 50-60% over five years at best. Oh but I GRADUATE IN 4 WEEKS
Haha, do I feel stupid now!? Got back from the ENT quite a while ago, turns out it is nothing more than post nasal drip causing drainage to feel like there is something in my throat, told me to take zyrtec and shoot up with nasal spray and it will go away in a couple of weeks. Basically it was causing pressure in my ears= Ear pain Had a couple of cavities = Jaw Pain Drainage from nasal cavity = Feeling like there is something in my throat
yeah it really does make life seem a little more important though, definitely that I shouldn't take the ones I love for granted and I think we can all learn from this. Thanks for the support guys
yeah, nothing opens ones eyes then the thought of death... i'd say stop the dip and chew man. My father changed a lot when he found out he had cancer...
