Dear Cyber family,

My mum has been diagnosed with Tongue Cancer. The stage of the disease is not known yet. She is due to get results on Wednesday 18th December 2002.

I am so worried because mum has been experiencing a lot of pain in her right ear and down the same side of her throat. She also has pain in her right temple. She is taking pain killers to relieve these symptoms however I am begining to panic.

Could it be that the cancer has spread and that it is spreading at an alarming unstoppable rate? Can it spread that fast?

What am I going to do? I feel so useless. I keep imagining the worst. In my mind I can hear the consultant giving us more bad news on the 18th, but I can't hear any good news.

Am I worrying too much? Unfortunately for me in the past my intuition has usually been right and I am going out of my mind with worry.

A very worried

Kathleen.