Welcome Mike. I was diagnosed May 1st at age 32 (non smoker) with tongue cancer and one nodes positive, I was staged at III. I was diagnosed only 6 weeks after my first child, a daughter, was born. I live in MD too and was treated at Univ of Md. Medical Center. I was a shock when I was diagnosed and I feared that my husband and daughter would lose me way to soon in life. I still worry a lot about that, and I am sure that I will have to be heavily medicated the week of my first follow-up scan, but I believe that it will get easier. It does help me remember that everyday is truly a gift.

Good luck!
Sarah