Hang in there Mark, you are well and truly on your way to the finish line. My partner Steve is just under a week past the end of 7 weeks treatment. It's hard and some days are tougher than anything we've ever faced before but you get through it. He was lucky enough to not get any mouth soreness until week 7 and his neck got pretty red but is healing well. I think the sore neck appeared week 5 and the doc's gave us silverzine cream which works well. Steve hated chemo the most but luckily we faced the last one of that last wednesday. I'll be thinking of you, keep going and before you know it, it will be over and you can mend.


Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.