Hi everyone,

I'm new here. Live north of Boston in NH. My mother has been fighting oral cancer for probably over five years now. I've lost track of the number of times she's had surgery. My sister and mother went for a follow-up today and the Doctor took another biopsy. We hope and pray this is scar tissue but with the history of what has been going on it's hard to stay optimistic. She is an amazing woman who has fought some incredible battles. In the past two years she has had 2 major mouth surgeries. Today, she is understandably quite upset. I want to be strong for her but I feel as though this cruel disease is taking it's toll. My head is spinning. I sometimes feel we have made the wrong decisions. I feel we are in the best place (Mass Eye & Ear) in Boston, with a very good Dr. (Dr. Deschler), but for the past 2 years we've not been able to breath easily.
Thanks for listening.
HML