Why?

Why... Well, mostly for me. My husband and best friend was diagnosed with SinoNasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SNUC) in June of 2011. The following is my journey. OH... The reason this is all "Private" and "Confidential" is because my husband is a very private man and he would NOT appreciate me discussing this online. This is why we are Mr. and Mrs X.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Coincidence?

Ya know,  something has been bothering me.  It actually started before we had the SNUC diagnosis.  Last April my brother died from complications of a brain tumor.  He had a tumor on his brain. It was on his frontal lobe between his ear and the center line at his nose on the left hand side.  This is exactly where my husbands SNUC is. On the left maxillary sinus. Now what started me thinking about this is that my brother and my husband were the very first people I knew who got cell phones.  I mean literally, i thought they both were kinda cool with those big huge brick phones. They both have careers that keep those phones up to the sides of their heads 24/7.  Could there be a connection? What are the chances that my only brother and my only husband have tumors in the very same spot?  Really?

SNUC is very rare. From the reading I have done, only 100 cases have ever been recorded.  Our surgeon told us in 8 years of practice he has done 50 sinus surgeries a year, but has only seen 7 cases of SNUC, But I see several pages like mine.  Is this cancer becoming more frequent?  Could cell phones be the cause of the increase in cases?

The surgery is in 2 days. We are anxious to get the surgery over. Its all stepping stones. 1) Surgery  2)  Radiation....   Its a journey of one step at a time.  I don't think I made that up. I must have read it some where on the world wide inter-web.

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