Thanks PaulB for your response. I know the first thing they want to do is put you on an SSRI. I don’t want to make a bad situation worse by becoming suicidal. What ever happened to just counseling sessions. Seems no one wants to take the time to just talk with the patient. Easier to offer medication. I can only imagine how you felt during that time PaulB. I guess it can hurt to reach out to any services they have to offer.
And I’m taking your advice. No more reading statistics and research studies!


SSC Lt sublingual tongue; Age 62
Positive biopsy 20June2019
Staging done 2 Jul : Stage 1
Quit smoking 15 years ago; not a drinker; no HPV
Pet/ CT 6Jul2019 : Negative. Not even the Lt tongue lit up.
Partial Glossectomy 22Jul2019