Thank you so much for your encouragement and responses! This has been a whirlwind of a week or so.
Good news-I should only need surgery! I have a PET scan tomorrow morning but two different doctors believe it's early and small enough that I won't need radiation. I feel incredibly fortunate for this.

The most difficult thing has been seeing how this has affected those I love.


Amanda
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SCC Stage IV, L-Lateral Tongue T1N2bM0
Age at diagnosis: 26, HPV-
Dx: Jan.14.2016
Surgery-Partial Glossectomy & MRND: Feb.10.2016
Port & PEG: March.16.2016
Rads: March.23.2016-May.9.2016
Cisplatin: March.23.2016 & April.13.2016