Hello. My name is Stephany. I use to come her a lot when my mother was first diagnosed over 2 years ago. Now, I dont know where else to go. The people in here have been so kind and helpful, that you, my friends were the first people I thought to turn to. My mother was diagnosed with a SCC tumor in her gum that spread to her jaw bone. She had 3 surgeries and six weeks of daily radiation. After radiation, her health deteriorated and seh went from a size 18 or so to a size 4. She is unable to eat. She puts everything in a blender and is unable to even speak. She has fluid (infection) draining from her chin continuously. When the infection spread to her lip, she was referred to an infectious disease specialist who then referred her back to her ENT, who said that her tumor was likely back..And that the only way to diagnose it is to do a biopsy which would require a tracheatomy and would break her jaw bone. But the doctor also told her that even if the cancer was back, that there was nothing else that could be done. My mom is 65 years old and I refuse to accept that...isnt there something or some treatment out there..I would hate to watch her get worse than she is now...Has anyone ever heard of anyone with my moms cancer with a recurrence winning the fight against cancer? If so, that would give me hope....I welcome your emails or comments in here...I am willing to suggest anything to my mom at this point..But she is also very depressed..She has so much pain, she is on liquid morphine all day and pain meds..I almost think that the radiation did nothing for her, except make her worse.....I just dont know what to do at this point....God Bless you all....
Stephany


Stephany.Daughter of mother who passed away 3/26/05 from Recurrent Gum Squamous Cell Carcinoma. She had 3 surgeries, and 6 weeks radiation, and then passed due to infection. I miss her very much. She was 65 years young when she passed. Love you Mom!