My name is Julie, my husband is Mike and he has SCC - 4.8 cm tumor at the base of his tongue.

In mid August 2016 Mike has 2 teeth removed and shortly thereafter I noticed he was slurring some words. I urged him to go see his regular doc and he did. She have him some anti-biotics and said if it wasn't better in 6 weeks to come back. He caked back in 2 weeks and went back asking for a referral to ENT. ENT sent him for an MRI. That MRI was on a Thursday night. Since the next Monday nothing had been the same.

10/3/16 - rcvd call about a mass
10/7/16 - ultrasound assisted biopsy on lymph node & PET scan
10/11/16 - Surgical biopsy of tongue mass
10/14/16 - phone call confirming cancer type and staging
10/20/16 - oncology team appointment (radiation team, speech therapist, social worker, dietician, mask making for radiation, flu shots)
10/21/16 - chemo consult
11/2/16 - PEG installed
11/7/16 - Cisplatin & Rad begin

Crazy times. It's such a blur and so much information to have pushed all at once. I'm so grateful it has moved quickly. Now the tough stuff begins. Deep sigh.

I've done some looking around here and I'm grateful for this well put together information and the people who contribute here.

I'll continue to look around.

Thanks.

Julie