Shayne,

You have good reason for your heart to be breaking. Both parents with advanced cancer is almost too much to bear. I am so sorry.

While we see a lot of people on this board who have really good outcomes after treatment for oral cancer, we also have seen, way too frequently, people die of this disease. I will let those who have experienced it first hand with a family member chime in here with more information. Everyone has a slightly different experince with advanced oral cancer so we cannot be exact in telling you the path the cancer takes to ultimately kill someone. I do think that hospice will be a huge help for you.

You should hear from a lot of us in the next 24 hours and I hope we all can be a support to you in this awful time.

Hugs,

Deb


Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill