David-

I'm not nearly as far out from treatment as you are, but over Christmas, I fell asleep on the couch one evening and apparently my husbands 85 year old great aunt and other family members kept asking my mother in law if I was alright and that they should wake me up in case something was wrong. I laughed when they told me later. Apparently they all think I'm this little frail sick kid now and they always look at me with sad eyes and tell me they're so glad I'm still around - I think they all had me written off for dead! Can't a girl take a nap on a couch after a big dinner?


Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.

**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****