Just before starting treatment I ran into an old friend, who did not know I had cancer. She was telling me about a mutual friends father and his battle with cancer. I just kinda told her, so do I. She looked at me, blinked twice and said, "No he has it "REAL BAD" You just have to shake your head.


40 yr old. Stage IV SCC found left tonsil. PET/CT shows cancer on base of tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes on both sides. HPV 16 pos. 6 weeks of cisplatin, 43 days of radiation. 73gy on each side.
ND March 2, 2009
reoccurance dx'd Aug 19, 2009