They're staging them because the room with the Da Vinci robot is very hard to schedule. It's very popular, and the only other option would have been to wait even longer to get a 6 hr window instead of a 2 hr window. I want this out ASAP, so I'm okay with staging them.

Normally, if this was tonsillar, they would stage it anyways, because doing them together results in higher risks of fistula, but given that my lesion is at BOT, he said I wouldn't be at risk of one.

Age 35
non-smoker, non-drinker
7/1/11 - Diagnosed with SCC @ BOT, stage 1, lingual tonsil & cyst removed
8/9/11 - Corrected diagnosis of MEC @ BOT
8/17/11 - TORS to remove lesion
9/2/11 - Bilateral neck dissection. All nodes clear! Done!
12/13/11 - PET/CT scan clear