Hello Nick! Wow that's quite a story. I'm sorry that you weren't able to finish strong like you were expecting. I'm doing my radiation treatments but I do know one thing that's stood out for me that really stopped me in my tracks which was my radiation oncologist told me if I 'ever' feel the need to go to a hospital, then to come back to the CCC affiliated hospital that I've received my care at. I've been chugging along but your story really shows that we're not out of the woods until well, a while and from your story I see what she meant.

Were they not controlling your pain adequately with your mucositis?

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Laura Age 40
Tongue lesion on left side grew and was hurting in mid-August
Dx as squamous cell carcinoma on 9.18.18
Left Neck Dissection and tongue surgery, lost a fourth of my tongue on 10.1.18, tumor had grown to a T3
Margins were clear except front section of tongue margin had three stray cancer cells that were not in the tumor
Additional surgery 10.18.18 to remove another cm near where the stray cells were found
33 radiation treatments from Nov 2018 through Jan 2019