My husband was dx'd about 2 months ago with cancer of the base of tongue (stage III, spread to one lymph node). Nelie helped me find my way here (thank you Nelie!) We're 4 1/2 weeks into IMRT (no chemo) and I'm looking forward to meeting other caregivers here.

He was on Amifostine for the first 3 weeks of RT, but had to stop because of nausea/vomiting - They're putting a feeding tube in tomorrow and he SO misses eating - it breaks my heart to see him long to eat something real (besides cans of nutritional drinks). He's still able to swallow, but says everything he chews has a terrible taste. Sadly, cooking together was one of our favorite activites - we're actually building
a house with our dream gourmet kitchen (of course started before we learned of the cancer).

We're both 45 - and the change in our lives (and the changes I'm anticipating down the road) positively overwhelm me. He was an active, vibrant man (and a non-smoker) and now he says "I feel like an old man" (taking so many drugs, many to combat the side effects of the drugs he's taking).

I'm hopeful he'll survive this cancer - but i'm overwhelmed with what's ahead...

Glad I found my way here -
Debra