Thank you so much for your encouragement. My mom is at a Cancer Center with a really good head and neck cancer team and interdisciplinary team tumor board approach, but it's not a CCC (yet?). She's very devoted to her team and wants to hear their plan. She has direct lines for several docs, pager numbers, etc., so they're pretty accessible at this point. I'm also on the hunt for a "plan B"-I appreciate the info on CCCs and the clinical trials. Her FNA was yesterday. The pathologist attended the appointment, too, to be sure they got what they needed. She said it wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. We're hoping for these results on Monday. Thank you again!


Mom (beautiful soul) 12/4/14 SCC L tongue (neg. biopsy 10/14);
1/8/15 hemiglossectomy/neck dissection: T3N1, extracapsular extnsn, PNI, pseudoglandular/spindle cell, margins not clr;
2/2/15 RT/carbo/taxol;
4/15/15 CT clr;
5/15 neuropathic/trigeminal pain/headaches;
6/15 recurrence flap margins/BOT; cancer encroaching skin
7/23/15 hemiglossectomy; clr margins & nodes
10/22/15 CT: nasopharyngeal tumor, jaw, and necrotic nodes; tumor under chin/corner of mouth
11/5/15 left cancer behind