Congratulations Dianne. Try to keep going forward with a continual watchful eye. If you can avoid radiation that is all the better quality of life you can have. I and many others know that you can go through the full gamut of treatment and all the hardship that entails and still lose the battle. So, seize the moment!

Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.