All I can say is Petey, PLEASE! You have got me crying!! Do not give up or in to this "bastard of a disease" as an old friend from this forum used to say! Please Petey I will try to help you if possible.....I live in Baltimore, Md. and I know that there are patients being treated for these types of cancer right here in downtown Baltimore daily.....DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!Carol


Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---