The one thing I found during my battle with this disease is that, as in everything else in life, attitude is about 80 percent of the game. At the onset of treatment, I made my mind up that I was going to refuse to have all the nasty side effects, not allow the treatments not to work and not allow the treatments to kick my butt.

And I needed every bit of that resolve I could muster, things got pretty grim for a while and I lost that resolve more than a few times and had to remind my self, with help from my family and this group here.

Good luck on your journey, and feel free to visit often for support if you need it.

Bob

SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.