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    Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Encounter
    Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Encounter
    Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Encounter
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    Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Encounter

    By Stephen McPherson

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    This engaging and inspirational book is to not only help those people undergoing or just about to undergo treatment for Head & Neck Cancer but the principles can be used for anyone undergoing cancer treatment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSid Harta Publishers
    Release dateJul 20, 2022
    ISBN9780645525762
    Head and Neck Cancer: The Second Encounter
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    Stephen McPherson

    Stephen McPherson is a survivor of this horrible cancer, and in 2015 when Stephen was first diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of a HPV origin, public awareness for Head and Neck Cancer both in Western Australia and Australia as a whole was very low, in fact non-existent outside of the medical profession. 

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      Head and Neck Cancer - Stephen McPherson

      THE FIRST ENCOUNTER

      My first encounter with head and neck cancer occurred in July 2015. As a typical Australian bloke, I never was very keen on going to the doctor, I had a ‘she’ll be alright attitude,’ especially if it involved going to a specialist. In February 2015, I had an obstruction in my nose. I got a referral to Murdoch ENT Clinic at the Wexford Centre Murdoch Perth, Western Australia.

      I did not do anything about it until I made and attended an appointment in June 2015. While there, I asked the doctor to look at three little grey growths that were sitting on the side of my tongue, which had come up the week before.

      He said, ‘Yeah we can have a look at that for you. I have to knock you out to remove the polyp in the nose, so I will take some biopsies of these growths and see what they are.’

      The following week, I was in hospital, not knowing I was getting my first head and neck cancer operation. The biopsies were done, and the tests would be back in a couple of days. I went home the next day after the operation.

      Now you know it is not good when a doctor’s office rings you two days after the biopsy saying the doctor wants to see you now! Your heart sinks knowing that he is not inviting you to his office to let you know you are good looking or for a coffee.

      I went to his office. The doctor’s pleasantries were what you expect. ‘Get on with it and give me the bad news,’ I say. ‘The biopsies showed that you have three growths of Squamous Cell Carcinoma. This is an aggressive type of cancer. The best course of action is to cut it out. I can do it tomorrow,’ he says. ‘No, I need a couple of days to get some affairs in order,’ I said. The date for my first operation was Wednesday 1st July 2015.

      Some background history about me. I have never smoked and didn’t drink alcohol. I ate relatively healthy and on occasions did some exercise. So how did I get Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the tongue?

      I did a lot of research and spoke to my GP doctor at Port Kennedy Medical Centre in Perth, who just happened to be the Australian Medical Association President for Western Australian at the time. He advised me that the Australian Medical Association had seen an increase in the number of males, especially around my age that have this type of cancer.

      It comes from the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Isn’t this the thing that causes cancer in female cervix? ‘Yes.’ Nothing more to be said about how I got it in my tongue.

      In 2010, the government ran a campaign to inoculate 12-year-old girls against HPV. However, at the time nothing was done for males and no advice was issued for males of any age on the dangers of contracting HPV through oral sex. Being sexually active since 1975, I could have contracted it at any time and it just lay dormant, until

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