Hi Katy-Welcome to the Forum, and I hope it is helpful for you!

Your case sounds a bit like my husband's. He is 31 and healthy other than the C and had a spot on his tongue for nearly a year. After wondering about it, he went to the ENT for a biopsy. He learned it was SCC right before Thanksgiving 2013. He had a right partial glossectomy in December and just started Rad and cisplatin this week. So we are about 3 or 4 weeks ahead of you with those, if you have any questions.

We will get through this all together--it does feel comforting to read the forum and hear from all the patients themselves. As opposed to just talking to the doctors and googling things...

Please don't hesitate to ask anything here, you are among friends.

Laura,
Patient's Wife. He is 31 years old, non-smoker, light drinker, otherwise healthy. Stage I OCC of front right tongue. Partial right glossectomy: 12.9.13. Start radiation 1.27.14. Start cisplatin: 1.28.14. We will celebrate our third anniversary in the middle of all this. Hoping to learn more about side effects.