Hello, my name is Sarah and I am a 42 female who was diagnosed with tongue cancer (Well differentiated, TIN1MX on May 1, 2006). I have never smoked and I have only an occasional glass of wine with dinner. When I was dianosed two years ago, I had a was a brand new mom (daughter Julia was born on March 17, 2006).

On May 11, 2006, I spent my first Mother's Day weekend in the hospital, recovering from surgery on my tongue and a partial neck disection.

This year, I was in the hospital again on May 11th, recovering from surgery-my c-section. On May 10th at 11:55 pm, my son, Andrew came into this world. He is amazing, as is my two year old daughter. They are constant reminders of why I went through surgery, 35 radiation treatments and 3 chemo treatments.

So two years later, a lot has changed. I am living my life, and I wish the same for all of you! [img][IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii171/senator13/Picture090.jpg[/img][/img]


DX on 05/01/06 with SCC of right tongue. 05/11/06 surgery-tumor 1.2cm & 4 cm clear margins & parital glos. & neck dissection with removal of 34 nodes/1 positive at 4mm)T1N1MO
35 IGRT & 3 cycles of chemo (1 cisplatin & 2 carbo-complete on 8/9/06.