Thank you everyone for the support and reassurance that things can be okay. It's been an exceptionally difficult week with the news taking a mental and emotional toll on everyone. Surgery is in 3 weeks and I am not sure how we are going to make it til then. He's in so much pain that meds aren't working.

My dad, understandably, thinks things are worse than they are. He says he's dying and there's more cancer than the doctors are telling him. I feel comfortable with his dr and I think he's being honest when he says he will get it all and cure this cancer. I wish I could fast forward 3 weeks just so my dad can be in less pain.


Caregiver to father
DX:4/14 Surgery:5/14 resection, ND
TX: 33 IMRT complete 9/14
Scan: 10/14, suspicious area tongue & neck.
Biopsy confirmed SCC BOT 2nd Primary, right lateral tongue.
11/14: surgery partial glossectomy, pec flap, trach, NG tube, ND
12/14: debridement surgery, small area removed for clear margins
12/14: biopsy positive for SCC dermal metastasis
1/15: chemo: erbitux, taxol and carboplatin
3/15: 5FU, Erbitux
8/15: enrolled in PD-1 Immunotherapy
9/15: Heaven got a new angel <3