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Joined: Sep 2018 Posts: 71 Likes: 1 | Thank you Connie! How has your husband been lately? I know you were having a lot of problems with his stubbornness towards treatment and such. Hopefully things have been improving for him and you both. 
Laura Age 40
Tongue lesion on left side grew and was hurting in mid-August
Dx as squamous cell carcinoma on 9.18.18
Left Neck Dissection and tongue surgery, lost a fourth of my tongue on 10.1.18, tumor had grown to a T3
Margins were clear except front section of tongue margin had three stray cancer cells that were not in the tumor
Additional surgery 10.18.18 to remove another cm near where the stray cells were found
33 radiation treatments from Nov 2018 through Jan 2019
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Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 345 Likes: 8 | thanks for asking!
I posted about him back at drinking the other day. I was asking if it was a big deal after OC. He's as stubborn if not more than ever. But so far, after a few scares of recurrence, so far no new cancer.
Take care and keep checking in!
Spouse of 58 yr old with BOT cancer
Stage 4a HPV16 positive
3 chemo treatments cisplantin
35 radiation treatments 7000 cGy
former smoker/chewed tobacco for 38 yrs.
1/2020 diagnosed with cancer near TMJ
4/2020 chemo 5 days every 2 weeks
6/2020 proton therapy
9/21/2020 cancer free
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