Hi, Michele. This is the best place you can be for information, reality checks and common ground.
Humor doesn't make your condition less serious, but it makes it easier to bear.
Hang in there and good luck!
Marlene
Marginal mandibulectomy 6/17/08 resulted in DX of Stage I SCC - gingiva (3 mm) right mandible, buccal side. Clear margins. Occasional social drinker. Smoked last cigarette in 1979. Clear pet: 12/08; 7/20/09. Yay!