While I would love to take your advice about eating (I loooove to eat), unfortunately, my tumor is big enough that it limits what I can chew, and swallow. I have lost 20 pounds in the last month.
What I know is that surgery will be in 4-6 weeks (I'll find out the date today). The neck dissection terrifies me, along with the possibility that they will need to dissect my jaw. Rad/chemo after that. PEG for a while, but who knows how long????
Everything I can find, research wise, is pretty general. I am a lawyer with my own firm (opened it one month before I was told to get a biopsy by a dentitst), and I'm afraid that will all fall apart. Will I be able to do some limited work from home? Are the good days, actually "good" or just not crappy?
My family is far away, but I have great friends. Also a bit terrified that at 39, my parents will decide to move in. I love them, but I don't think I can handle that too, and have no idea how to tell tham.
I'm babbling a bit, but it's all the things I haven't wanted to burden my frinds/family with.
Thanks for "listening".
Tina
Tina Diag: Aug. 13/12 T3N0M0 50% + glossectomy and bilateral radical neck dissection, removal of nodes zones I - V Surgery October 11/12 Chemo/rad on hold due to clear margins and nodes Sept 21/13 clear CT with anomaly thought to be the artery, being watched closely. Dec 16/13 - anomaly confirmed artery, all clear nickname: "get 'r done" Plans: kick cancer's butt
