jrch26,

That sounds horrible all around! By your mother's age, I'm guessing you're young and now faced with a future without your Mom - something I can't even imagine. Please check and see if the hospital or treatment center has a support group for children of cancer patients that you can join. Having a safety net of people that are and have been there might help you face this a little bit more prepared.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mother.

- Margaret


Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018