Thank you, T smile.

Thank you, Nancy smile. It makes me feel mentally better, at least, lol! My ear has been killing me today. I've had to take 2 doses of oxycodone, plus my regular regimen of low-dose methadone. I've been sleeping most of the day. The fatigue is compounded by recently having my thyroid poop out. I've been on meds for 5 weeks. I'll get my levels checked next week and my synthroid will be adjusted. I'm looking forward to the meds helping with the fatigue. Also, I returned to work 3 weeks ago and I work M-Th evenings, 4-9 pm, then Saturdays 8-1. It's good for my mental health, but I wasn't nearly ready to return. We need the money badly, so I'm just sucking it up. It's really not bad when I'm there, but the next day I'm extra tired and hurting. I feel badly for my kids...sigh. Hey, I'm alive and relatively well and this won't last forever!

Thanks for listening to me blab on and on. I look forward to the day when someone asks me how I'm feeling, I can honestly say, "good"! For now, it's some extra makeup and a smile and other days I can't quite hide it smile. Just keep swimming, as Dory would say!

Love to my OCF Family!

Kerri

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!