Dad’s barber found a lump on his neck the size of a lima bean, told him he HAD to get it checked out. That was in the fall. It was the size of a softball by the time they started radiation in the winter.
If I ever get it, I think I’ll just shoot myself.
Dad went from about 180 to 90 pounds in 6 months. Discovered when he had some problems swollowing. Just finished Grant by Ron Chernow and last part is about his cancer of mouth and throat. Really ugly. Excellent biography BTW as are his other bios. I think I’ve read all of them. His book on Hamilton was used in part as basis of the musical Hamilton without the musicals distortions.