Hi everybody this is my first time posting and not really sure what I'm doing. I'm Di a 47 year old woman non drinker or smoker . Started this journey last year with a sore throat and sore tongue saw my GP over 5 weeks and was treated with 2 courses of antibiotics for pharyngitis , no improvement developed trismus , referred to ENT specialists , underwent tonsillectomy and biopsies, diagnosed 1 week later with SCC of left tonsil and surrounding tissue. 30 fractions of radiotherapy and 1 cycle of Cisplatin chemotherapy ( too poorly for second cycle), treatment finished on 4th December 2013 . Was on on NG tube for 9 weeks , there was some occasions when I wondered how I was going to get through , but you just do somehow. Almost 4 months on feeling much better , taste coming back , small amount of saliva, no sigh of cancer a 6 week check up. First scan due 18th March 2014 , feeling frightened . Looking forward to chatting to others and offering support in any way I can.