Hello Punkin - welcome to the family. It's a big family, very supportive and knowledgeable about all aspects of diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer. You will get better quality answers here than perhaps anywhere other than what your doctors tell you.

There's lots of important information on the website, so start reading that. It will help prepare you for what will occur during treatment.

There is a search function at upper right of this page where you can type in any phrase you want to learn about. It is a great place to start getting your questions answered.

Good luck with your upcoming initial meeting with the oncologist. Take a notepad with you to that meeting, you will get a lot of new information that you will want to know more about.

Good luck, and welcome to the family.

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good