Hey Francesca,
I am glad to hear your husband is improving...he really did things pretty fast. My hubby had 8 weeks chemo/rad and wasn't feeling better and off meds for several months after that. He was told that was extremely quick recovery. I know what you mean about wanting to run away from this disease and the stress it causes. Dan was pretty kind during his illness even though he was in so much pain. He was very grateful for the help and we usually just argued about what he wasn't eating and how much he tried to do so quickly. It's a little harder now as I think he should try and take it easy some, but he is a bit of a workaholic anyway and his job demands quite a bit, so he goes and goes. I worry enough for the both of us. Having a great support system (our church and bible study) helped us both to get through it all. I hope you have some support and daily prayers to God helped me get some peace thru it all. I still fight fear all the time, but it sort of comes with the territory and personality that I have. I will keep you in my prayers.
God bless,
Debbie


Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.