Hello Jay (gelibby2003),

Sorry to hear of your wife's diagnosis with advanced base of tongue OSCC.

I am hoping you both begin to notice gradual improvement.

I am so sorry to hear you have been so devastated to witness your wife's suffering and that she is experiencing this.

Nels and other forum staff and members who have been through similar treatment regimens will hopefully be on responding to give you some encouragement.

In the meantime I can only echo some of the things they have offered to encourage others with in a similar treatment recovery.

I am pretty sure Nels has said things like recovery from the radiation can be more patience testing than the surgery recovery, measured more in weeks than in days that he experienced with his surgical recovery.

So I hope and pray that these weeks have passed you guys are both able to notice some slight improvements at least, and here is hoping that they keep increasing and she heals well and increasingly quickly.

I hope you both are able to experience some moments of levity apart the trials, and can encourage her with your presence, and can try to be upbeat for her and of good cheer, if that is at all fitting to her present experience.

I hope and pray the pain medication is able to alleviate her suffering; that the pain is not non-responsive to medication, that she can learn to thrive apart from this.

I hope you can find a support network for yourself, that you have good family and friends nearby to help out, to keep you in good shape as you care for her, to try to keep your spirits up, as you try to care for her and keep her encouraged and that she begins to increasingly thrive and heal.

Sincerely,

Chris