Tom, I fully understand where you are coming from. Steve told me a few months ago that he wants a special christmas as he fears this may possibly be his last. Those were hard words to hear but since then we have been working at making christmas extra special this year. Even to the tune of spending Australian $700 on a christmas tree and decorations. When we spend like this my mind goes into shock but then I see the pleasure on his face and it's all worth it. We will manage somehow. Any debt will get paid off, any savings gone will return one day. But the memories we are making now will last us a lifetime. Nothing can replace them and they are priceless. So my advise to you is make the memories now and make them wonderful.


Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.