We should all try to get together in this world first - I am sure that we will be in the next world Jim.

Thanks for the encourgement Christine - I feel lousy. I'm even drinking Ensure trying to keep my calories up. The good news is my throat is not constricted bt the abscess as much and I can now swallow.

Patty

48
SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace