Thanks for the words of encouragement. I was pretty physical prior to the cancer (both in career and gym), but for a little over a year my activity levels have gone up and down depending on if the cancer was active or not. And since April I noticed a slow down in my activity levels and then the pain in my ear made me start actively looking for evidence of a return of cancer - thank goodness as I was able to once again catch it fast.

I am feeling tired this week after the chemo, but I'm already feeling better now so I think that the chemo may slow me down more than the radiation. I think it was accentuated by the fact that I unexpectedly had to spend most of the day after chemo at the hospital getting additional tests because I noticed a lump in my left breast so I didn't get to keep on top of my fluids and nutrition as much as I had planned. Only time will tell, but I am going to try my best to keep my activity levels up.

Right before this recent round of cancer I started up with a local dragon boat team. I really enjoyed it and am definitely looking forward to joining them once again after my treatments are finished up smile.

Female, Age 38, healthy non-smoker, rarely drank, regularly workout
May 2014 noticed irritation on tongue
6/18 saw doctor
6/25 saw ENT specialist got biopsy
6/30 Dx HPV P16+ ve SCC tongue cancer
7/9 CT scans, no visible spread
8/20 partial glossectomy with radial forearm flap, neck dissection 26 nodes sampled - results T2 N0 with mild dysplasia
4/2015 start to have ear pain
5/2015 recurrence
6/4/2015 surgery 29 nodes samples pN 2c
7/13/2015 7 wks of Chemo & Radiation start