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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
I had cancer in mt tongue. Got it beaten now and just on the road to full recovery. The chemo and radio therapy was the worse period of my life. Still unable to eat solids, fed a liquid food supplement via a tube in my stomach. Two liters a day. Can't walk much more than a mile before flaking out. And probably retired.
Still I'm very happy.  |
How long ago was it that you went through chemo? My dad had the same thing, cancer in the back of his tongue... he was able to talk through the whole thing, continued working and although he lost a ton of weight he got back into shape relatively quickly afterward. FWIW he's in his late 50s now and this happened a year or so ago.
It gets better, I don't know how bad you had it or how much chemo you went through, but it definitely gets better. He's now running 2 miles a day minimum, playing golf a couple times a week.
He did lose his sense of taste for awhile (getting it back) and the ability to produce saliva from the radiation.