Welcome to OCF, Rebel. You have found the best place to help you with your journey. Are you being treated at a cancer center? That is something very important. Its much better to be going to have this dealt with by the top places where they are very familiar with oral cancer. All the specialists involved with your case will conference together to discuss your individual situation and come up with the best treatment plan for you.

Right now its important that you eat all your favorites and then have seconds. Fill up now as yoru sense of taste will be compromised for a while. Dont worry, its temporary for most of us.

A few good questions to ask your doc are....

How many cases do you treat per year?
How extensive will surgery be? (Surgeons cut, remember that!)
What are all the treatment options available to me?
What side effects will I experience?

Those are just a few starters. A very good place to start on here is the first tab titled "New Posters Read This First". Then there is another tab with a great document titled Draft Copy. This is a huge list of all kinds of pointers and posts from experienced patients and their caregivers, the link for it is below.

Best of luck with everything!

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