I like to believe that people often do not find this site until a recurrence happens, which is why so many people on this site have had recurrences. This might be extremely naive of me, but that's what I keep telling myself smile

Just have to keep praying every day and hoping for the best!

Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis
HPV-, no risk factors
T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated
Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection
30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin)
1/13/12 last day of treatment
Diagnosed October 2011