One of my current favorites, because at the moment it makes me laugh, but a few more reps and I will probably slug somebody. . .

There is an older gentleman in my church family who has been thru two or three recurrences of oral cancer and has had just about every kind of treatment. Some fellow church members connected us over the phone (he can no longer attend because of caring for his mother) and he is a great, upbeat, helpful man. But the ladies who know him personally rave about how his smoothies are wonderful, curative, etc. No doubt they are, but I am in no hurry to try one. They all seemed to have missed the point that THE MAN HAS NO TASTE BUDS and admits it. If they want to try his smoothies, I would love to watch, but I am not there yet. smile

One man's cure/help/secret survival tactic is NOT necessarily another man's cure.

Sigh.

Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery