Dan visited his oral surgeon today and they have found a spot of leukoplakia again. We think that is what started the whole cancer thing before. Right now it is thin but growing. They will watch it very closely and if it changes or gets thick, they will have to cut his tongue again. It was so hard to hear that today. We are very thankful that there is no cancer seen at this point. The hard thing is there isn't any cure of leukoplakia and Dan seems to have the kind that does eventually turn into cancer cells. It's always so frightening and such a battle. However, we have felt God's presence even through the things we don't like to hear and I know God and some very good friends will be there for us for whatever lies in the future. Only God knows that and He is there to provide strength and courage...sorry just needed to vent a little bit.
Take care and God bless,
Debbie


Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.