HI EVERYONE MY NAME IS TYRA. FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATS TO THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE. MY FATHER IN LAW NOTICED THAT HE HAD A SPOT UNDER HIS TONGUE IN FEBUARY, BUT WAS TO AFRAID TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. FAST FORWARD TO THIS MONTH HE FINALLY GOES TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ORAL CANCER. SINCE THEN WHICH WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH HE HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR PNEUMONIA. HE NOW HAS BRONCHITIS. HE IS UNABLE TO EAT, AND WHEN HE DOES HE VOMITS IT UP. HE HAS HAD TREMENDEOUS BACK PAIN AND CANNOT WALK WHICH STARTED RECENTLY, HIS BP DROPPED TODAY TO 70/45 WHICH ALARMED US TO THE POINT THAT WE SAID GET TO THE ER IMMEDIATLY. HIS PCP HAS NOT GIVEN HIM A REFERAL YET BUT HE DOES HAVE AN APPOINMTMENT NEXT WEEK AT A CANCER CENTER. I AM AFRIAD THAT IT IS TOO LATE FOR HIM. WITH ALL THE SYMPTOMS AND PROBLEMS HE IS HAVING IT FEELS LIKE IT IS JUST TO SOON TO BE HAVING THEM. HE IS AT THE ER RIGHT NOW AND I TOLD HIM TO DEMAND A PET SCAN. I FEEL THE DOCS ARE DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON THIS AND NOT DOING THE TESTS THEY SHOULD BE. HE HAS ALSO HAD SKIN CANCER FOR THE LST 6 YEARS. CONSTANTLY GETTING PATCHES REMOVED. HE HAS LOST CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT IN THE LAST MONTH ATLEAST 20 LBS. I AM VENTING AND VERY FRUSTRATED MAYBE I AM JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TELL ME THAT THESE SYMPTOMS ARE NORMAL FOR EARLY STAGES, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THEY ARE. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE WELCOMED.