Jill, Very sorry to read this, same thing happened to my DAD in February - his exterior carotid burst bleeding from the mouth X-mas then New Years (maybe from radiation or tumor) he had emergency surgery but never quite healed and passed away two months later in the same hosital. I still miss him very much but try and think of the time we spent together.

My Dad - 85 yrs old; 9/09 diagnosed T3NOMO; rad/low dose chemo; all clear; 6/10 - L retomolar trigone; more chemo; seems to have shrunk; 10/2010 back - significant ulcerative mass in the left retromolar trigone extending into the left tonsil