Ann,

I am 32 and was diagnosed on May 1st with tongue cancer, stage III, six weeks after having our first child. I know it is hard to not think about more children now that you have one, but try and take each day as it comes. No one knows what the future holds and right now you only need to be focusing on two things, your husbands health, and your newborn baby. I know this is not easy, as I too would like to have a second child, but I know that if I use my energy to focus on statistics, I won't have much left to get better.


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.