Aimee...thanks so much!

I'm really proud to hear you did so well. This is so encouraging and gives me something to hope for. I have been so nervous and scared because he went thru so much during radiation and chemo. I was afraid he was heading down that same road again but you make it sound like it might not be so bad.

We don't know yet how much of the tongue will be removed. Jimmy had a neck dissection last Aug. That didn't bother him that much - nothing like the radiation and chemo did. Hopefully, he will pull through the glossectomy just as well you did.

Thanks again for the inspiration! Vickie


Caregiver to husband, Jimmy, Dx 7/05 Stage IV SCC, metastic to right cervical lymph nodes. Occult Primary; Radiation x38; Chemo: Carboplatin & Taxol, 12 weekly treatments. Last treatment 11/21/05. Mets to Tongue/Partial Glossectomy 5/06.