Hey Josh! First of all, I'm sorry to hear that you have the big "C". But I promise you, you can get through this! whatever you do keep pushing! Radiation will be tough but it will be over sooner than you know it! I'm also a youngy! I was diagnosed in November 2012 just a few days after my 19th birthday. But hey! I made it through! You can too! You can email me if you have any questions or just need to talk! smile I'm here for ya! smile

Shelby, 28 yrs old, stage 3 tongue cancer, non- smoker, not HPV, 12/27/12 partial glossectomy and neck dissection, 1 lymph node positive, Chemo and Rad 5 days a week, 32 treatments, feeding tube in, finish treatment 3/22/13 smile back to normal basically