In that former life when I was just slowly traveling around the US and CA, I decided that I wanted to be a 12 year-old because that was a very good time of life, especially around water -- We would go in August for a month in a cottage on Lake George, NY -- My brother, friends and I would live in our bathing suits -- We never used the bathtub, just jumped in the lake a lot -- Drinking water came directly from the lake, so soap was a no-no.

If I asked the question before the hug, I might get skewed responses -- I wanted to know if people noticed anything without prompting.


Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.