Wow! Thank you so much for all of you posts, dear friends! All give me hope. I did finally book a hotel for this Friday night out in mid-western MA. I've never been to this area, but Dan said there's some nice sight seeing and we'll keep it low-key. I'm going to try my best to leave the beast locked in the box and make it a cancer-free 36 hours. No talk of cancer; try really hard not to think about it.

Then, I get my port placed on Monday. That should be a piece of cake compared to all else!

Cheryl: What is manuka honey and where do I get it? It will be a 2 day course, btw (Sept 15-16). I think I will have the opportunity to gain more knowledge about how cancer works, the different types of treatment out there, and as we know, knowledge is power!

xoxo,
Kerri

37 y/o fem at Dx (23 wks preg @ dx on 3/16/11)
SCC L oral tongue (no risk factors)
L partial gloss/MND 3/28/11 @ 25 wks preg
T1-2N0M0; no rads/chemo
Tonsillectomy on 8/6/12 +SCC L tonsil T2-3N1M0 (HPV-)
Treated with 35 rads/7 carbo & taxol (Rx ended 10/31/12), but many hospitalizations d/t complications from rx.
Various scans since rx ended are NED!
Part of genetic study for rare cancers @ MGH.
44 years old now...I wasn't sure I would make it! Hoping for 40 more!