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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | I think he needs to be unemployed due to illness for at least 6 months before he applies. I could be wrong but I know there is a timetable he must meet to be eligible. Please dont think of it as something he wont bounce back from. I returned to work every time I had OC. It just seemed to take me longer and longer to bounce back after each episode. Think positive, this is a temporary bump in the road and next year this time he will be wonderful  Here is a list of soft foods that might help. http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=94621#Post94621
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | 
