Well I am two weeks done (yay - 1/3!!) and am still doing well. Lost a few pounds during chemo but think I have stabilized this week. I know the sore throat will come next week, and am prepared for the PEG if need be, but for now am holding out. Bummer thing is that my taste is already all messed up (not gone; i say messed up b/c I don't know how else to explain it!). Sweets are still ok but anything salty/crunchy is like eating cardboard since I can't taste the salt. Anyway, forcing down what I have to and trying to hang in there as long as possible. Here's to being 2 weeks done, and to a reasonable next 4. Thanks all for the input as always!!


Laurie
42 yo
Pediatrician
No smoke, social drink, HPV neg
May 2013 - SCC Right lateral oral tongue - stage 1 (T1N0M0)
Partial hemiglossectomy and sentinel node bx NEG
NED 5/29/13
3/2014 - Cancer back (never gone) in one right sided cervical node
Modified neck dissection 3/2014, N1 with microscopic ECE,39 nodes neg
30 Rads and 2 cisplatin done June 13!
PET in 3-4 months but no clinical cancer and I'll take it!