Brenda,

I am truly sorry to hear of the newly diagnosed challenges facing you and your beloved husband, David. I am thankful that the medical team has the pain somewhat under control now. David is so fortunate to have you by his side and I speak for all of us that had our "stronger half" with us through this journey.

You are so right about the so little that is known about fighting this horrible cancer. Many more people have lost the battle with oral cancer than cervical cancer and prostrate cancer, for example, but we hear so much more and so the results of so much more research for both of these. As I pray for God to provide comfort and peace to you and David, to wrap His healing arms around both of you right now, to provide His wisdom and guidance to David's medical team to provide the best possible treatment plan, I will also pray for His wisdom and guidance to find more weapons to battle oral cancer.

With love,

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023