Hello, All

My name is Kerry, and I was diagnosed with stage 3 HPV positive cancer of the base of the tongue in October 2019. I began radiation and chemotherapy in early December and have 8 radiation treatments remaining. I have been hospitalized twice, the first time with acute renal failure from the chemo and the second time with sepsis that happened as a result of an infection at my port site. I have since had the port removed and currently have a PICC line in place while I continue to receive antibiotics daily at home for the MRSA infection I acquired at the hospital. I have been off of my chemo for a few weeks now and am hoping to go back on and finish the remaining 3 doses in the next few weeks. I am looking to talk with people who have HPV related oropharyngeal cancer as I have found very little information out there on this particular type of oral cancer.