Alison,

Sorry to hear your latest news. You have come to the right place to get the advice only us patients can give regarding oral cancer. The radiation is a bitch as you well know and almost all here have had strong doses to the oral cavity so we have some good tips on how to get through the eating, drinking pain stuff.

You should start your own thread by clicking on the "New Topic" tab at the top of either Introduce Yourself or Currently in treatmentforums.

I am relatively new here at 9 months. We have some old hands here that can help you get through the tough parts. We have a forum for reoccurance also.



Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR