Slim, I really identify with your husband veging out on the sofa post-tx. I used to watch the Gilmore Girls everyday, and watched the Food network constantly, which was funny because I couldn't eat. There were some days when I didn't even want to get dressed. We live on two in the country, and the mailbox is out by the road. My husband started making me walk out to the road to get the mail everyday just so that I would get up and get out. John, this is not fair; nobody deserves this, but soon you will feel just a little bit better each day.

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.