Laryngeal Cancer Stages

Question: Does anyone have personal experience with laryngeal cancer? A friend diagnosed - stage III. I'm petty clear about the treatment plan and have read material from American Cancer Society but would so appreciate hearing from someone who has actually gone through it. Thank you for sharing in advance.

Answer: Hi there, sorry to hear about your friend, you must be very worried about her/him. I had cancer of the larynx at the very young age of 23 - my doctor didn't diagnose it for over 1 year, so I was at stage 3-4 when she eventually referred me to a specialist. I wasn't a drinker or a smoker - my specialist said that sometimes the disease develops if you have glandular fever/Epstein Barr (which I did at the age of 14) I didn't have my larynx removed - I had radiotherapy daily for 8 weeks, which gets very tiring and makes your skin sore. They gave me a strong dose of radiotherapy as I was young and the disease was fast growing - the older you are (in general) the slower this type of thing progresses. Happily, more than 12 years later, I am still here, my voice is fine (although when I am tired, or have a cold, it does tend to suffer - but apparently it sounds very sexy!!!) It is terrifying when you are diagnosed - I think it's worse for friends and family, as they feel powerless to help you. I wasted time and energy feeling angry at my doctor who had failed to diagnose me, and feeling self pity, why me? etc. Tell your friend to talk to people, and encourage friends to talk about it to him/her - cancer ceases to be as scary when we talk about it. Thinking of you both, and wishing you healthy X X X

Question: what is the best cure laryngeal cancer? if its already on its 4th stage?

Answer: Chemo? Ask a doctor, I assume it means throat cancer? Do you have a stoma?