Hang in there to both of you lovely ladies. It's an incredibly tough journey but you will get through it and out the other side. I remember so well when we were at the stages you are both at and thinking the end of treatment seemed so far away. But it does come and eventually you will start to feel better again. Rest as much as you can. Sleep is the bodies way of healing itself. Get lots of nutrition and hydration. Staying hydrated really helped Steve with the nausea that always followed the chemo.

You are both in my thoughts.


Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
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.