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@susanciam

Welcome to this group! It helped me a lot when I had questions,,, 4 weeks ago my husband had his TORS surgery for hpv throat cancer,,, he is coming along quite well, as I’m sure you will also,, he had his tonsils and 36 lymph nodes removed,,, no need for feeding tube, just pureed all his food for a couple of weeks after,,, also I no radiation or chemo,, they said they got it all, and we were given the choice to closely monitor him for two years or do 5 weeks radiation,, the percentage dif between not doing radiation and doing radiation was only 5 percent,,,, so we chose not too,,,, radiation in the throat is quite tough,,,, I know it’s a very scary time for you, but I’m sure you will be fine,,, it’s unbelievable how many have this type of cancer! Everyone over the age of 50 seems to be getting it!! Our neighbor had it last year as well!!!! We didn’t have a vaccine for it in the 70s,,,,,also trust in the lord!!! He will get you through this!

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My problem is not related to my tongue cancer. This is relating to problems my son, whom I live with, is having with his tenants, one of whom happens to be my 28 year old grandson. And his male friend and a female friend of both of them. My son got upset with the partner of my grandson. My son turned it off as the temp last night was in the low 50's. You turn off the air and let the cool fresh air in.
They want it on all of the time. No windows open. So my grandson is sticking up for his partner and disagreeing with me also. He has hurt me very much how both of them are showing no respect at all.
They said they would complain to local police about matter. I do not want the police coming here
The three of them have been consistently late with their rent payments , payments which are lower than what they would pay anywhere else! My son is an electrician. This has upset him very much and I don't know what he can do. I just want to ignore this and just take care of myself but when your grandson who is involved, it hurts. He has a bipolar problem and is on medication I do not approve of his boyfriend. Tat doesn't help any.
I have tongue cancer could not have surgery. I have a feeding tube for eating I am working on eating what's left of my tongue to move. It's hard hard to swallow. I am on a diet of ice chips and small sips of water. Food smells so good and my son is a very good cook! My tongue is getting a little more movement, but not enough to swallow real food. I am 75 years old and other than the cancer am in good shape and can get around quite well. My life has really changed. What a surprise. My son does the feedings but I can do them. I have quite a bit of medicine which has to be injected into my feeding tube. I can not do that yet. My granddaughter gave up her room in the house. It has a small bathroom attached which I need. She is in college and isn't home much. She will be a junior this fall. She isn't home much. Also a grandson who will be a senior in the fall and then will be going on to college. We have plans to convert the basement where I did live. It's a complete apartment and the two of them would like to have that for themselves. That is fine with me. I guess I just need someone else to talk to. It's really getting hard to watch others eat. I am having cancer treatment. Which consists mainly of immunotherapy drugs and they are working. I will have a
Pet CT scan next month. I hope they can shrink the tumor that showed up in my tongue.
Please talk to me and tell me about yourself! Thank you