Linda,
I know how you feel. I am now in Houston, and tomorrow begins the consultations and testing at MDACC. I am psyched up and ready to "haul butt" too, to get back to my "regular" life. But as my DH says, sometimes you gotta put your life on hold and take care of yourself first. Hang in there.

Joy

8/2006: SCC, right lateral tongue, well differentiated, superficially invasive. 10/2009: recurrence, rt lateral tongue, surgery, rt mod neck dissection. 2/2010: metastasized node under left mandible. 3/2010: Induction chemo 3 rounds, Cisplatin, Tax, 5-FU. Surg and rad to follow.