Thank you, Alpaca and Christine. Always comforting to hear from you. I was hoping for a larger gap, too. But here we are. Based on her really ugly CT scan, it appears she now has a nasopharyngeal tumor, as well as a spot adjacent to her jaw and two necrotic nodes-one on the left and one on the right. She will probably begin the palliative chemo assuming she can tolerate it. We'll continue to look for possible trials, but the rapid progression of this cancer is frightening. Of course we're hoping for for more quality time and a little symptom relief once the chemo starts, but given the gravity of this, we've been asking her friends and family to send her letters or cards sharing nice memories they've had with her, so that we can read them with her and then eventually share them with her grandkids. Not giving up. Just trying to be prepared. I hope you are doing well.


Mom (beautiful soul) 12/4/14 SCC L tongue (neg. biopsy 10/14);
1/8/15 hemiglossectomy/neck dissection: T3N1, extracapsular extnsn, PNI, pseudoglandular/spindle cell, margins not clr;
2/2/15 RT/carbo/taxol;
4/15/15 CT clr;
5/15 neuropathic/trigeminal pain/headaches;
6/15 recurrence flap margins/BOT; cancer encroaching skin
7/23/15 hemiglossectomy; clr margins & nodes
10/22/15 CT: nasopharyngeal tumor, jaw, and necrotic nodes; tumor under chin/corner of mouth
11/5/15 left cancer behind