I hope I am doing this correctly. My name is Lisa, I am 50 years old, and I was diagnosed as having cancer after having a biopsy on 2/1. Typed/staged after CT (2/8) and MRI (2/13). I have SCC of the left retromolar trigone stage 4b. At this time surgery is not an option so the treatment course, for now, is Chemotherapy every 21 days for three cycles and then reevaluation in the hope that it will shrink the tumor to the point where surgery is feasible. I had my first Chemo treatment on 2/17 and the next will be on 3/10. I receive Cisplatin and Taxotere at the center then 5-FU is administered over 4 days at home via a port. I am being treated at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

I'm here because I'm scared, anxious, want information and a million other reasons I cannot quite articulate. The past few days have been rough, but I received Hydrtion yesterday which seemed to help a bit.

Lisa