You're certainly alone, as attested by others. I'm also a cancer survivor. Mine was a form of leukemia that chemo luckily took care of, and I'm cancer free for the past 11 years. Seems it runs in our family. My brother, a non-smoker, recently underwent tongue and neck lymph cancer treatment, and is in remission after surgery, chemo, and radiation treatments.. It's tough, I know. Hang in there. We're all pulling for you.