Hi my name is Danielle and my mom is in her second week of chemo and radiation. All I have read are horror stories and I'm so frightened for her. She will not get on this website so I just kind of read all the posts and give her any info I can. She is frightened and sometimes she seems so depressed. So far it hasn't been that bad just a few sores in her mouth and she says her saliva is really thick and she has no sense of taste. She has 5 and a half weeks to go and I am just wondering if it is always bad or do some people handle it better than others?

Danielle - mom has recurrant SCC of the gum first surgery in 4/03 second surgery 12/03 now chemo & radiation.