Hello all

Am a newbie to this great forum and am amazed by the content here...not just the survivor stories, but, every single post and how it shows the great spirit of the patients to fight and to persevere...I hope I would get some real good advice here...

Since I am very new to the cancer terminology, I will try to explain the case in a layman's language...and have attached some reports that summarize the patient's condition...

My maternal uncle (42 yrs) was detected of mouth cancer around 4 yrs ago (2009), when, it was just a blister on his lower lip...it had not spread to the chest at that time...after biopsy, it was found in his left cheek as well...

He started with surgery of his mouth in early 2010 followed by some reconstruction. He then underwent some RT, and, was doing okkish...his cancer came back 2nd time in 2012 and he underwent another surgery...

Biopsy in early 2013 showed no signs of disease, but, another one in June showed the disease had came back...

He then visited India's best known Cancer Speacialist in Mumbai who has done miracles to some patients. This doc got a Pet Scan done that showed the disease came back not only in his mouth, but, also at two more points in his upper chest. He ruled out PDT as a cure and recommened Chemo...but his body langugage didn't show that he was confident with this case...

So, he came back to Delhi and underwent Chemo every weekend in July 2013 except for the last weekend, when his doctor said that it was not working...

This morning, his doctor got a Pet scan done and said a big "No" to the survival. He said my uncle would live anywhere between 2-4 months...

What I can see physically is that he his open wound on his diseased cheek has become bigger (around 3 inches dia) and looks really messy (can't describe in words), and, its causing him real pain...a spot on his chest that was probably cancer has now developed into a 1 cm red spot with pus developing...

He is a true fighter, talks normally (though not clearly), walks, cooks for family, still goes to his work for 2-3 hours per day, but, after this morning, he is feeling totally broken and demotivated...

I still might have messed up the sequence of his treatment, hence, request the learned people to visit the links and give the reports a read and tell me how bad it is...

ADMIN NOTE----**** OCF is made up of fellow patients and caregivers, not medical professionals who can interpret pathological reports. The links removed by admin for privacy reasons. ****

Thanks a ton...