Thank you all for your continued encouragement and support through my recurrence. We all hope that the "Big C" will stay away for good. We all deserve that, but unfortunately, that's not always the case as it was for me and and many others. Plus, many of us have to live life with a new normal and lots of times that requires the support of our group. That's one of the many reasons why I love these forums. We are like family and are always there for each other. We are never alone.


37 y/o fem at Dx (23 wks preg @ dx on 3/16/11)
SCC L oral tongue (no risk factors)
L partial gloss/MND 3/28/11 @ 25 wks preg
T1-2N0M0; no rads/chemo
Tonsillectomy on 8/6/12 +SCC L tonsil T2-3N1M0 (HPV-)
Treated with 35 rads/7 carbo & taxol (Rx ended 10/31/12), but many hospitalizations d/t complications from rx.
Various scans since rx ended are NED!
Part of genetic study for rare cancers @ MGH.
44 years old now...I wasn't sure I would make it! Hoping for 40 more!