Gloria,

Thanks.....I agree that seeing a Therapist is not a last ditch effort. It's just my nature to try to work through / figure out things on my own before taking the next step.

The feeding tube / pump is cumbersome, but not terrible. (Although I do miss how a good meal used to make me feel!)

While 17 years was a long time between diagnosis, it just drives home the fact that my struggles with OC is / will remain a lifelong endeavor

1997 SCC Tumor on tongue - Partial Gloss
1997 Met to Lymph
Radical Neck Dissection / 2nd Partial Gloss
6 weeks chemo and radiation
Brachytherapy
2011 Stroke
2014 Recurrence SCC at Base of Tongue / Hemi-gloss
Free Flap reconstr from thigh
PEG Tube
Radiation
Permanent Issues with speech and swallowing
2018 - Bleeding throat / mouth
2019 - Bleeding throat / mouth
2019 - 3rd diag Cancer SCC Base of mouth / jawbone
2019 - Aug remove portion of jaw / right pec det / free flap closure and tongue