There was a woman in my dog club who kept comparing the surgery she had on her gums to my cancer and partial glossectomy-but the thing that really did me in, was the time she cornered me (I was still healing from surgery) opened up her mouth and tried to make me look at how bad her incision was....


SCC, R Lateral tongue, T1N0M0, Diag: 3/15/10
38 yrs old at diag HPV Neg, Non Smoker Non Drinker
4/12/10 Partial Glossectomy, No Rads or Chemo
7/15/10 excision biopsy L mid posterior tongue - NEGATIVE