good luck to both of you with the scans. I'll be thinking of you.

I know what you mean about caring. I got told yesterday that I'm a pain sometimes because I want to talk about cancer with Steve. Hello, discussing what the doctor just said and trying to make decisions is something we have to do. If steve had his way it would only ever be mentioned by doctor's and when we get home cancer would no longer exist in our life, only at the hospital. Nearly 2 years since diagnosis and I still don't know how he feels about the entire thing. It's like I have to go through every life changing aspect of this with him but not actually discuss how this is impacting on us in any way with him. Grrrrrr, men. Love him dearly but sometimes I'd just like to thump him.


Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.
17/03/22 lost the battle. Missed dearly