I was diagnosed with mouth cancer on January 11 of this year. Quit smoking the next day. Had surgery on 12 February. Surgeon took the small tumor at the base of my tongue and mouth floor, right tonsil, and 36 lymph nodes on the right side of my neck. All the nodes were negative for cancer. Doing good now. No radiation or chemo needed.
Mouth cancer is also squamous cell carcinoma.
I’m glad your cancer was resolved. That’s scary stuff. My BIL wasn’t so lucky - I think he let it go on too long before getting treatment. He lost the inside of his right cheek and ended up having flap reconstruction surgery. Lost some lymph nodes too. They said they couldn’t get all of the cancer, so they tried radiation but he couldn’t tolerate it. He’s never recovered from the surgery - can only open his mouth about 1/2”. Has been on a feeding tube for the last year (although he can still eat some things), and recently had a pain pump installed. To top it off, he just had his prostate removed.