hello Chris - welcome to the family. We are all survivors of oral cancer or caregiver to someone who has it, so we know what you are going through.

Please pay attention to what Bart told you above. He knows of what he speaks. He is one of the first people I met on the forum about 6 months ago and I credit him heavily with getting me through this daunting journey. Take the time to PM him and get to know him and what he has to say. It really will make your journey smoother and less worrisome. I have known other members who didn't heed his advice and their journey was fraught with depression and worry, way more so than it needed to be.

That's really all I have to say. I'm still new to the forum myself, so I don't have the technical experience to give you those words of wisdom. But I do know that this group, this family is who you want in your corner as you travel this journey.

Hang in there, you will get through this time, just like you got through last time. But this time you have a lot of friends in your corner.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good