Hi. I'm not sure of why I'm here really, other than searching for some information, advice, something.

My long time friend of 25 years has tongue cancer. She had one tumor removed in the fall and has already had a reoccurance. They removed the second tumor and took some lymphnodes from the neck. Only 1 in five came back positive (This is good news, right?). She is currently starting chemo (very aggressive-once a month she is admitted to the hospital for a five day period of 24hr chemo and also radiation treatments. She is only 38 years old.

I keep reading about how bad this kind of cancer is. Are there any survivors here of this kind of cancer? Is the fast reoccurance really a very bad thing?

Thanks for your help and understanding as I try to cope with this and more importantly, to help her cope with this.