I have noticed that the skin around my mouth is much looser then it ever was before. It's not from age, as the rest of my face isn't that wrinkled. I have always attributed it to the after effects of radiation.


SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.