Hi Lisa and Welcome. As a caregiver in the beginning I to didn't realize or seem to believe my sister had cancer. She looked fine how could that be? Reality hit big after surgery. Everyone deals with it differently. Hope you follow up with a dr though.

CG to Sister (42). Smoker quit @ diagnosis Dx 4/20/10 SCC T2N0M0, Rside of tongue Hemigloss R neck dis, all nodes removed 6/2/10, Trach and NG in, home 6/8/10,8/18/2010 start erbitux x6, 30 IMRT end 10/11/10 with only 3x erbitux due to reaction and one week off of rads
1/10/2011 Clear PET!!!