Micheal
Keep swishin and spittin....and sippin and workin towards your personal new normal...It won't be the same as the old normal but it is livable.This whole recovery will be unique to you but everything will get better slowly day by day...try stuff that seems non threatening mastering swallowing first.... texture was very important to Bob. He fell madly in love with maple oatmeal and grape juice for breakfast and lunch two things you couldn't pay him to eat before SCC. He found a passion for all things coffee flavored even though he mourned chocolate which didn't taste just right or just plain gross. He is now a little more than 8 months out of rads and things change or are really wierd all the time. Who thought pickles could burn you? It is hit and miss but you are here and with us and can still track sand into the house no matter how hard you try not to...so track sand,listen to the ocean and know that healing is slow but happening...Peace D


Caregiver Husband Bob SCC tongue t2nomo Partial Glosectomy/neck disection 6/04 rad ending 9/23/04
Osteoradio-necrosis of the Mandible (ONJ) DX 6/09 Surgery 7/2/09 mandible resection/ several teeth extracted/ neck dissection NO FLAP and aggressive antibiotic therapy.