Off To The Internet

In between the appointment on the 15th and my next appointment with hematology we both spend a lot of time doing research on the internet. There’s a lot of good, bad, mediocre, and down right crap out there. Be wery, wery careful. The biggest problem I had was finding information about my exact diagnosis. Every anecdotal case I came across was similar, but not exactly the same, or not similar at all, but had some good information. I was scared to death and couldn’t find enough good information to make an informed decision on which procedure to go with. I was afraid they were going to take too large a chunk out of my tongue and I wouldn’t be able to swallow, or my salivary glands were going to be destroyed by the radiation and I’d end up with serious dry mouth and swallowing problems. I was more afraid of the outcome, than I was for getting through whatever procedure I decided on.