Dan's journey & battle

16/02/2026

16/02/2026

A stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis doesn’t just change your calendar — it changes your entire way of living.

Suddenly, life isn’t planned around holidays, business goals, or weekends away. It’s planned around scans, infusions, hospital visits, side effects, and recovery days. The sacrifices aren’t always dramatic — they’re often quiet and constant. Energy becomes something you ration. Social events become “maybe” instead of “definitely.” Food, sleep, comfort — even the way you look in the mirror — can all shift.

There’s the physical sacrifice: enduring treatment, managing pain, tolerating side effects that nobody sees when you smile in public. There’s the emotional sacrifice: learning to sit withuncertainty, living between scan results, and carrying the weight of “what if” while still trying to stay strong for everyone else.

Relationships change too. Some grow deeper. Some fade. You quickly learn who shows up consistently and who only watches from a distance. Pride sometimes has to be swallowed — accepting help, slowing down, stepping back from work or roles you once carried without thinking.

But alongside the sacrifices, something else happens.

Perspective sharpens. Small moments matter more. Conversations feel richer. Gratitude becomes intentional. You begin choosing peaceover drama, rest over proving yourself, and authenticity over expectation.

Living with stage 4 cancer forces change — but it also reveals strength you didn’t know you had.

It teaches you that sacrifice isn’t surrender.

It’s adaptation.
It’s resilience.
It’s choosing to keep living — differently, yes — but meaningfully.

And sometimes, that quiet determination is the greatest strength of all. 💪

16/02/2026

My diagnosis T3/4 N2c M0 maxilla/hard palate poorly differentiated Squamous Cell Carcinoma, PD-L1 CPS-50

Advanced and aggressive, has now gone to lower left jaw bone, left eye socket and also left maxillary sinus.

Please people go to docs if any concerns, also keep up with dentist appointments too. mine started as luekoplakia in the roof of my mouth.

16/02/2026

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14/02/2026

Even in the middle of the toughest battles, we can become our own harshest critics.
While fighting something as serious as cancer, we still judge ourselves for being tired, for not doing enough, for not staying strong every single moment.
We question our progress, compare our struggles, and minimise our victories.
But the truth is, surviving something this heavy already proves strength beyond measure.
Healing isn’t linear, and courage doesn’t always look loud or fearless — sometimes it looks like simply getting through the day.
In a fight like this, the last thing we need is self-judgement.
We deserve the same compassion we so easily give to everyone else

13/02/2026

If people recover it doesn't just end there 🙆‍♂️

So much more anxiety can come about,
Anticipation at every follow up/check up
Stress of re-occurrence
Trying to lead a normal life (whatever normality maybe)

Theres not just mental torture there'll be also some physical changes too 😪

It's ok to ask for help at any stage if it is needed 🙏🫂💙

12/02/2026

No matter what we know about our diagnosis/condition we still learn new things everyday 🤝

New ways to live
New ways to manage day to day
New ways to taste
New ways to function

Every journey is different as no 2 people are the same 🙌
What works for one person does not work for another ✅️

The more we investigate our diagnosis the deeper it gets 🙆‍♂️

Stay strong ❤️🫂💙🥊

Together we can unite change for better outcomes 🙌

The poster ive created is my exact diagnosis, my exact treatment for now. The only thing unknown is the end destination 🫂🤞

11/02/2026

🩺 Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) – Awareness Matters

Today I’m sharing this SCC Fact File because knowledge truly is power.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma isn’t talked about enough — especially Head & Neck SCC, which is what I’m living with.

Cancer isn’t always caused by lifestyle.
It isn’t always visible.
And it doesn’t always start with symptoms you’d expect.

This poster breaks down the basics:
✔️ What SCC is
✔️ Where it develops
✔️ Symptoms to look out for
✔️ How it’s diagnosed
✔️ Staging explained
✔️ Treatment options
✔️ What affects prognosis

If this helps even one person recognise symptoms earlier or understand a loved one’s diagnosis better, then sharing it is worth it.

Cancer takes a toll on the body —
but the mental battle, the fear, the uncertainty, the waiting, and the hope behind it all deserve to be understood too.

If you know someone fighting SCC or any form of cancer, check in on them.
Support doesn’t always mean big gestures — sometimes it’s a message, a share, or simply letting someone know they’re not alone.

Awareness saves lives.
Early detection changes outcomes.
And no one should fight in silence.

💛 Feel free to save or share this poster to spread awareness.

11/02/2026

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10/02/2026

Every day is a new battle when living with a form of illness or cancer👀

When that bad day hits it hits 🥊

I look at myself An i dont recognise myself, the loss of hope, the self love gone. Loss of hair, bad skin and so many mental battles 🫂

We are all always quick to share the good and good days, but very really share the bad. Well my story is going to be showing it all! My skin isn't bad due to lack of hygiene or self care but a reaction to treatment the very treatment that is my last hope 🙏

The trouble is we dont allow the true bad days to show at any point because we have to be strong for everyone around us.

The smiles FAKE
The laughing FAKE
The drive and get up and go FAKE

In reality we dont want to life, we dont want to do anything but curl up and rest. BUT we start doing that its when the disease takes over. 😪😕

We dont want sympathy
We dont want It'll be ok
We dont want we got this together

WE JUST WANT TO BE TREATED AS THE VERY SAME PERSON AS BEFORE THE DIAGNOSIS.

Unless your on the journey you dont understand

CANCER GHOSTING IS REAL
CANCER GHOSTING HURTS
CANCER GHOSTING CHANGES WHO WE ARE AN HOW WE THINK🤔

If you love or care for someone battling dont treat them differently, we are the very same person just with a few extra complications.

We dont need to be judged

TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS WE ARE JUDGING OURSELVES MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE EVER COULD

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10/02/2026

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