FIRST OF ALL I KNOW THIS POST IS GOING TO BE PRETTY LONG AND I APOLOGIZE.

HELLO MY NAME IS LEONOR MY HUSBAND PHIL IS 37 Y/O WAS DIAGNOSED 7/2001 WITH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE.HE UNDERWENT 35RAD/3CHEMO AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CANCER WAS GONE.THEN IN 3/2002 HE HAD ANOTHER BIOPSY AND THE CANCER RETURNED HE WAS IN DENIAL AND HAD COMPLIANCE PROB, THE DR SENT HIM TO A PSYCHIATRIST. THEN ON 7/15 HE UNDERWENT SURGERY AND HAD HIS TONGUE REMOVED AND UNDERWENT A RADICAL NECK DISSECTION. WE WERE TOLD HE WOULD NEVER SPEAK AGAIN, AND HE IS TALKING.BUT HE WAS SUPPOSE TO GO TO SPEECH THERAPY TO LEARN HOW TO SWALLOW AGAIN. BUT FROM THE SURGERY 1 OF THE WOUNDS ON HIS NECK OPENED UP AND HE WAS HOMEBOUND. HE IS SOLELY RELYING ON HIS PEG TUBE TO SURVIVE.NOW 3 WKS AGO 2 BOILS SHOWED UP AND WE PUT HOT COMPRESSES ON IT AND 1 OPENED. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE DR AND ANOTHER BIOPSY WAS PERFORMED BECAUSE THE DR SAID THE CANCER MAY HAVE RETURNED. SO ON FRI I CALLED TO GET A REFILL ON HIS MEDS, AND THE NURSE SLIPPED UP AND SAID THAT THE RESULTS WERE POSITIVE, WE HAVE AN APPT WITH THE CHEMO DR ON TUES, I HAVEN'T HAD THE HEART TO TELL HIM, I KNOW THIS WILL PUSH HIM OVER THE EDGE. HE IS ALREADY SO DEPRESSED AND WEAK HE'S 6FT TALL 150LBS.

WE HAVE BEEN ALL ALONE THROUGH OUT THIS, HIS FAMILY ABANDONED HIM BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE ME THEY THINK I MARRIED HIM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WHEN HE WAS IN ICU WOULD ASK HIM FOR $$.I'M THE ONLY ONE WORKING.WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 12 YRS,MARRIED FOR 1 1/2YRS,AND HAVE SUCH A GOOD MARRIAGE FULL OF LOVE AND RESPECT.I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT HIM,I CAN'T LOSE HIM. I HAVE HIT ROCK BOTTOM,THE DEPRESSION IS OVERWHELMING, I HAVE NO ONE TO TURN TO.

PLS ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN THROUGHT THIS, OR HAS ANY INFO TO SHARR PLS HELP ME I REALLY NEED IT. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO TALK TO.

THANK YOU