Thanks gmcraft for the advice, much appreciated. It’s good to find a reference point for how you are doing. Still .... I love food. I love to cook, make food with friends, match up wine with food, and that’s all gone. A lot of socializing is done .... over food. It’s hard to reconcile an extended period where anything I’m able to consume tastes pretty bad. It’s all discouraging.

Anyway, just about to head out for my second large dose of Cisplatin and then my 16th (of 33) radiation treatment. I’m still riding my bike to treatment so I feel pretty good about that.

Thank you all for the support and advice.

Last edited by Barry Toronto; 09-27-2019 04:39 AM.

Preliminary diagnosis of SqCC at base of tongue August 2, 2019.
Biopsy surgery on August 15
Confirmed sqcc from biopsy Aug 20 - hpv type 16
33 radiation treatments ended October 25, 2019.
3 (large dose) cisplatin treatments.