Joining this family is a bit like picking your parents. You can't; it doesn't work that way. So here I am, like it or not.

I just spent over an hour struggling to write some semblance of a new, comprehendable, signature in less than 500 characters. It's 493, so don't bother counting unless you are really bored!

Things have moved along. Yesterday, in Vancouver, I became radioactive for the F-FDG PET/CT scan. Later we met with the surgeon who plans a partial glossectomy and removal of some throat bits. I also signed up for a blue light procedure that is supposed to allow the surgeon to see the margins when cutting. Anybody had this?

Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain
Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign
Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd
Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab
No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd
No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT
No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer
De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT
De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords