My first consultation involved fairly radical surgery for the removal of all tissues of my right tonsil and ALSO the surrounding muscle mass and tissues as these SCC's frequently invade those tissues. A radical neck was on the menu for BOTH sides as I had a bilateral mets to the cervical nodes. Even though my tongue was not involved, they suspected that it too might contain malignant cells... another bit of cutting. I didn't like the sound of any of this, and that

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.