Brian - thank you for those links - I'll read on...

And Karen - thank you for your prespective - you have said absolutely nothing offensive at all.. if not for this message board I don't know what I'd do. As a woman who's sister has oral cancer we tend to see all the efforts and enrgy and information poured into breast cancer research etc. and very little on oral cancer so it is frightening to say the least.


Caregiver/twin sister to Cathy diagnosed with tongue cancer Feb. 2004/partial glossectomy and neck dissection Mar 2004/recurrence may 2004