Hi Paul and Christine,
I hadn't even thought of the fact that I would be around my favorite little germs carriers because it's what I've been doing for so long it doesn't matter....but this isn't the usual me with the strong teacher immune system ;-/
I don't have to do this for the money----it would help loosen belts but we're ok----it's more a matter of me really loving what I do and wondering if that somehow would help get me through the next stage as well as let me work! I'll discuss with my doctors but thanks so much for pointing out what should have been obvious to me! And as always....thanks for the useful information for helping deal with side effects to come!


DX 6/5/15 Stage 4a SCC left lateral tongue, tumor involves 90% of my oral tongue
LVI and PNI identified
Med Port and PEG 6/23/15
Started Cycle 1 of Induction Chemo (TPF) 6/24/15--3 cycles in total
35 External Radiation sessions and concurrent chemotherapy (2 additional rounds of Cisplatin)
Brachytherapy
Remission as of 2/17/16