My cancer just came back for the fourth time which kind of took me by surprise. It had been 2 years 8 months since the previous surgery and treatment. In the past, reoccurance had been about 12-14 months. Surgery was 1/3/2012 and I'm in pretty decent shape now and getting better each day.
8/06 Dx; T3N1 SCC rt lat tongue & nodes. 9/06 part gloss, neck dissection. 9/06-12/06 35XRT; Cisplatin 3x. 2/08 & 5/08 Part gloss; Brachy 2x5 Tx. 7/08-10/08 HBO 60 Tx. 3/08 Dx SCC. Surgery 4/7/09 glossectomy & rt mandible replacement from fibula. 1/31/12 4th reoccur surgery and reconstruct cheek.
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