"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 453 | Oh Chelsey, 21 seems way too young to be dealing with this. I'm so glad you found this site. It will help get you through. If you have any questions, want to vent or anything then this is the place to do it. You will meet some amazing people on here that will help you get through the road ahead. Everyone on here has been through or is going through what you. Be it as patients or as carers.
Probably the best advise I can give you now is to stay positive, ask lots of questions and get as many calories as you can. Read this site as much as you can because you will learn so much. I did that and having some knowledge before we went through treatment certainly made it seem less scary, less of the unknown. Take care and keep us posted on how you are doing.
Wendy
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.
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