Nearly 63 year old diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of left tonsil 31/10/13 following removal of secondary tumour from neck on 17/10/13. Avatar photo is me with my contemporary friends from this wonderful forum when we met up in Liverpool 25 Feb 2017. From left to right Jayne, Gary (Vatch), Nicola (she started our thread), Gary's wife Claire, my husband Malcolm, me, Dave (aka Simon Smith) and another Gary (Guzzle).