Sorry I haven't been around in a while. A lot has happened in the last few days and its not all good.

Sunday night as we were watching TV, Scott's tongue started bleeding uncontrollably and I had to call 911. We were taken to a local hospital and they were no help. They just stuffed Scott's mouth with gauze so he can pressure on it and after 4 hrs of doing so they sent us home.

Withing 45 minutes of being home, I had to call 911 againas he started bleeding even more than the first time. So much so that scott blacked out and lost consciousness for a few seconds that seemed like an eternity.

This time we were taken to another hospital where they did so much more to help him. They immediately contacted his ENT and arranged to have him transported to another hospital where he can be seen by his cancer doctors as this was out of her range of knowledge (at least she was honest).

At 6:30am he was transported to USC and we saw his Dr's shortly after. 6 or 7 Dr's have seen him and not one has been able to tell us where the bleeding derived from.

The radiation oncologist saw him this morning and discovered a lump behind his throat but they are not sure if its cancer or something else.

We will start radiation treatment tomorrow. Scott was able to do his first simulation yesterday, they will do the 2nd phase tomorrow and do some manual rads as they don't yet have the plans.

Thanks for all your support and sorry if I have not responded to your posts but I know you understand.


wife to 36 yr old husband diagnosed with SCC on 7/6/05, tongue dissection and radical neck dissection on 7/15/05, 2nd biopsy on 9/15/05 and found carcinoma in-situ. Starting radiation and chemo on Oct 05