Brazilliangirl,
She is just beautiful, and you would never know that she ever had anything wrong with her. She was also very young when she was diagnosed, and had two small children, who are now in high school. She also never was a smoker or drinker. She was the first person I told about my cancer other than my close friends and family. The morning after I met with my surgeon I sat in the coffee shp and talked to her and she really put my mind at ease.

Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.