Wow.. can't believe it has been 3 weeks since our last update.

Jen continues to improve on a daily basis and has now recovered around 70% of her taste back and her energy levels seem to be improving as well. Speech function has improved drastically and people rarely notice that she has almost 80% of her original tongue missing and we have been very fortunate that her saliva glands continue to function with minimal impact from the radiotherapy.

Side affects seem to be minimal although she has been on her thyroid medication ever since we found out that she was struggling with hyperthyroidism due to her pregnancy followed by hypothyroidism due to her radiation therapy.

Next checkup is on the 20th of June with our ENT doctors but until then, we are trying our best to continue our lives as normal as possible and enjoy our time with our now 8 month old lil boy.

I hope our story provides some glimmer of hope to those currently going through treatment and I will make sure to update this post on a frequent basis to provide updates as we strive to live life past cancer.

Jen, Jay & Hunter


6/8/12: Wife 33y/o with no risk dx with Stage IVa SCC L of Tongue(T4aN2bM0)
3/9/12: Induced birth @ 36 weeks - Baby Hunter!
11/9/12: OP - 3/4 Partial Gloss, Radical ND & Tongue Rec.
24/10/12: 33xRad + 7xChemo
7/12/12: Tx complete
21/3/13 & 21/6/13: NED
24/7/13: SCC in Lungs - OP: Lobectomy (VATS)
29/1/14 passed away