Christine, you are so right. I learned that one the hard way. However, I am now a good example to use for others here, so at least I can be an object lesson. There's that! Somebody might as well gain from it. laugh I suspect it might have happened anyway ... but my mistakes hastened the process. And the pain was unrelated, I still think. But it's another reason I definitely advocate here ... Do What Christine Says! (Hey, we could sell t-shirts with that ... it'd be a great OCF fundraiser, LOL. I'd wear one!)

Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery