So glad to see you are still posting Christine. And I agree totally with your last post. I think when we finally have the courage to stand up for ourselves it will strike a cord with our loved ones and we also feel better about ourselves. I hope you experience that senerio. It amazes me when I read these posts and see our own situation playing out with all of you too. It helps me and I am sure helps you too to know others have walked the same path. One of those verbally negative drives several of you described is what broke the dam for me and I have been going to see a pychol. and amazingly without me saying a word Emmett stopped being verbally abusive, immediately - I think it scared him to realize that I needed help and he wasn't so sure of me anymore. I'll post another thread on this experience. Hang in there - I hope for many good days you both will share.


CG 2 Emmett,7/09 DX SCC rt tongue. T2N1M0, 1 node, marg neg.4/10 PET/CT clear, 9/10 C back. 10/10 Rad hemi, 2 tmrs mod diff. resec flr of mth. Flap 4 nodes/w/ext cap. 11/10 Peg, CX3 HD, 30 rad. 1/31 & 3/21 6/11/11 - PET/CT "activity" 9/11-all Clear. 12/11 peg out. 2/15 still all clear! 9/14 Prostate cancer treated with pencil beam proton therapy, best radiation experience. Keep it in mind as a treatment option for all tumors that can be seen including head and neck.