Hi Eric,

My father was diagnosed in April 2011. It started out as a spot on his tongue. When it kept getting bigger they did a biopsy and found out it was cancer. Then in July 2011 he had surgery, the doctor was confident that he got it all. Once the surgery was completed he then had to go in for radiation and chemo as a precaution. Then in December 2011 he started feeling sick like he just could not get better. Then in January he went into the ER and they found that the cancer had come back. The doctors were in shock because it came back so quickly. At that time they gave him two months to live. In the meantime an oncologist came in and said he had a chemo he wanted to try. When he went in for a follow up scan there had been no change in the cancer. My father went home that day only to turn around and go back to the ER because he felt something was not right. They admitted him. Two days later he was having trouble breathing. The tumor was growing over his airway. They tubed him and now he has a trach in. The newest chemo is not really working either. Since all of this the cancer has moved into his lungs and bones.

Thank you for taking the time to reply to me.