Hi all. I am Ed and have never participated in a forum before. I was diagnosed with Tongue cancer back in May and had 3/8 of my tongue removed and 22 lymph nodes on June 2nd. The tongue part was all clear but they found one small spot in one node, making it T2N1M0. The doctor reassured me that everything was clear and that now it was just a watching game. The middle of September he called and said that, just for "just make sure" we should do radiation on the neck. The radiation doctor said that this type of cancer had too low of a recurrance rate to be radiated and that his machine would do more damage than he could guarantee to do good. Oct 12th I felt a lump in my neck and being as I was already scheduled for a catscan, I haven't said anything to my doctor. I am to see him this Friday the 14th. Naturally I am scared witless.

I guess I am just reaching out to those (like me) around me.