I guess the docs consider this a new cancer since the initial was on the cheek and the new one is on the tongue. Initially I was told it was a 1 cm lesion, but apparently it's approx. a 4 cm tumor. Crap. Due to previous radiation and chemo, and a difficult recovery, surgery (removal of the better part of her tongue) seems to be the consensus with the possibility of induction chemo (Taxol). Not quite sure how it's staged at this point, I'm told it could be II or IVa. If the surgery and possible chemo don't do the trick, some follow up radiation could be used, but that evidently could be risky given past history.

I just learned there was "something" that looked suspect in May. Gotta admit, I'm scratching my head a little wondering why "something" that looked suspect wasn't acted on until two weeks ago. Maybe I'm overreacting, over-thinking, etc. I dunno.