I'm ready as can be. I have been visiting this forum for three weeks now and have found it the most useful resource on this cancer anywhere. I forbid my wife to do any research until after the baby was born last week, then I gave her a printout of Getting Through It Together and referred her to this site.

Thanks so much for the encouragment and thoughts. I read a quote on here recently and it has stuck with me and kept me upbeat as I would like to consider myself a "tuff ole country boy". The quote was to put your big boy britches on and get ready to fight like hell.
I'm glad I found this site now instead of later.


Age 35, Former smoker/drinker HPV+
Ear Ache 5/12
GP for ear ache 6/18
ENT for ear ache 7/12
CT shows cancer 7/12
Biopsy 8/12
diagnosed SCC
Base of tongue right side
Barely crossed midline
Nodes involved
PEG 9/12
35 IMRT start Sept 6th
Cisplastin x3 1 down 2 to go