My name is Neil Penny from Australia. Just discovered this site. I was diagnosed in April and operated on the day before my 58th birthday. So eight weeks post op and still mending. I had two SCC tumours, one on the tongue and one in the floor of the mouth. I lost a big chunk of my tongue, floor of my mouth and a portion of the upper throat. Also lost a good portion of my thigh muscle. I consider myself lucky as I found it early. It was a T2 (6mm diameter) and the testing of the neck glands and the margins of what they took out found no cancer cells. Therefore no chemo or radio. As I said, I consider myself very lucky. I can communicate, though of course like having a lisp on steroids lol. Planning a YouTube cooking channel.
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