I wanted to share some good news with all of you, as I think it is important to share the little successes and not just our challenges. I had my 1 month post radiation check-up yesterday and my radiation oncologist was very happy to see I was almost totally healed already! She is willing to release me to go back to teaching at the end of the month! smile I still need to work on getting enough calories since my taste buds have not returned, but I'm thrilled to be seeing some sense of "normalcy" ahead smile I wanted to share one of the things that has really helped me get through this is taking it a week at a time and being thankful for what I can do this week which I couldn't last week. One of my favorite verses is, "He makes all things beautiful in His time". Ecclesiastes 3:11

Teacher Karen
DX: SCC of right maxillary alveolar ridge, 9/2010.
Surgery 11/2010, removal of 4 teeth and gum.
Surgery 11/2012, removal of 3 teeth and gum.
IMRT 1/2013-2/2013
Surgery 1/2015 retromolar trigone resection; removal of 1 tooth and gum.
Surgery 10/2015 left modified radical neck dissection, inferior parotidectomy, external carotid artery resection.
Cetuximab based chemoradiation 64.8 Gy to resection bed.
Surgery 6/19/2018 Right inferior maxillectomy, bilateral low palate resection