Damn, I did not want to hear these things. It's bad enough that I took a few years off of work to change careers by going back to school (I'm nearly 40), but taking another year or two off for cancer treatments. It's just not fair.

Well, I THINK I will try to finish at least this semester since we're already a quarter of the way through. But, if the chemo is really bad, I don't know. The schooling, so far, has been quite easy. I think I could literally do it with half a brain.

But, please, keep the stories coming. I need more advice. Also, one other thing. I may need a bilateral neck dissection. I have multiple hard lymph nodes. How long will recovery from that typically be? I don't know how I will show up in school with Frankenstein stitches up and down my neck.

Been misdiagnosed several times since Nov. 2012.
Sep/9/2013 - Recently diagnosed with SCC in right cervical node, with possible multiple metastatic nodes.
Trying to get into Stanford CC.