Hi Steve - welcome to the family. You will get the information and support you need here to get through this new journey.

It would probably be a good idea if you could get your brother to join the forum too. I'm sure you will make a great caregiver and educate him on what he needs to know, but him reading this stuff himself will make him think of many questions on his own that he wants answered. The more he can learn about this disease and it's treatment, the better advocate he will be during and after treatment.

That way he will have two people fighting for him.

Good luck with all this, we will be here to help every step of the way.

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