Sharon,

Like Minnie, I did a double-take when I read your post about radiation being easier than surgery. I re-read a couple of your other posts, and it sounds as though you haven't had surgery (because it wasn't a realistic option in your case) and are only a little way past the halfway point in your radiation. The vast majority of us who have completed both surgery and radiation can tell you that surgery was indeed a walk in the park compared with radiation.

Wayne,

You've gotten good advice from some of the prior posts, so just try to take a day at a time and use the support that your wife can give you when you need it. (As far as the relatives who are making things more difficult -- if they're not part of the solution, they're part of the problem and I hope you can either avoid them for the time being or else get them onto this site where they can learn what they should be doing to help you.)

Cathy


Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989