Blue

Welcome to OCF. You will find lots of support here to help ease your mind. Although the OCF memebers mostly are not medical professionals, they do know quite alot about oral cancer, treatments and side effects. Personally I am not familiar with what you are describing, but I am familiar with being a single mom and going thru the cancer battle.

Where are you located in NJ? Where are you being seen? Is it a cancer center?

Please try to calm down. When you worte about dying, thats a very scary thought. Even if and thats a huge IF what you have is cancer it doesnt mean that you will die from it. Cancer doesnt mean a death sentence. Sure, its hard to go thru but it can be done.

Please do your self and your children a favor and put this out of yoru mind as best you can. Worrying will only drain you and will not change the outcome. You are blessed with two young children who depend on you for everything. Dont let this scare steal your time from them. Enjoy your children.

Wishing you the best luck with your tests. Please keep asking questions and posting. We will help you thru this.

Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile