Hello everyone,
Ive joined this forum on behalf of 66 yo my father who was diagnosed with stage 4 floor of mouth cancer. He doesn’t speak fluent english but i wanted to join to ease both his and my mind by reading other people’s testimonies.
He went through a 12 hour surgery that consisted of removing a small part of his jaw bone and putting a titanium plate across the bottom for support. He also had about two third of his tongue removed and replaced with a graft from his left thigh muscle. He then had to have lymph nodes on either side of his neck removed and also his left thyroid removed (benign tumor in the thyroid).
It’s been almost 8 weeks post op and we are finally starting radiation today. The doctor did not mention chemotherapy being needed so i am assuming that only radiation is the plan as of now. He and I are quite anxious about starting radiation as we haven’t heard the best things. Very worried about the side effects that seem to last a very long time. Is there anything we should know or any helpful advice that we can keep in mind as we dive into the next 6 weeks of treatment? Would love to hear experiences, success stories, precautions, and any updates on post-radiation life.


thanks so much, you are all so incredibly strong and resilient,