Thanks you guys. You have no idea how much I appreciate your support. For the last 20 minutes I've been trying to write something coherent, but there's just so much crap going on in my head I keep deleting what I've written because none of it is very cohesive. I gotta go. I've got to get myself some help tomorrow and talk this through with a doctor or something. Sorry. Please take care of yourselves. I'll catch up with you later.


Mom's caregvr. DDS failed to dx 01/03. Dx Stg IV SCC 05/03. Induct. chemo, IMRT, 5FU, H, Iressa, Neck disect, radiation. Dad's caregvr. Dx 01/04 Ext. Stg SCLC. Mets to liver/bone 08/04. Died 11/12/04. Mom tongue CA dx 06/13, hemiglossectomy (80% removed) 08/13. Clean margins and nodes, but PNI. 6/15/15: Tongue CA at base of remnant tongue. Declined further tx; hospice.
Died 10/13/15. What a long and difficult journey.