Happy New Year, and thanks for being here.

After having symptoms for only a short time, and no risk factors, I have just been diagnosed with locally advanced SCC of the tongue base. Currently going through meeting the CCC care team, doing all the staging/planning etc and emotionally all over the place.

I have tremendous family/friend/neighbour/workplace support, and realize how fortunate I am in that. Treatment will begin within a couple of weeks, and I am apprehensive about it but everybody has been very honest with me and I am sure that I'll get through, but already have a lot of "detail" questions for that forum.

Will be back often.....