My biopsy results came in this morning negative for SCC. Doctor here is recomending I get to UPMC to have them look as this is a nasty ulcer at best and above his skill level after all the treatments I have had. I have an appointment at UPMC on Tuesday so that is set.

I did have a chance to talk to my doctor at UPMC before the biopsy results came in and he said they run into this more than you would think. Ulcers pop up months after treatment for no good reason.

Biopsy did show necrosis which is a nasty animal to be dealing with in its own right so I'm hoping we can get this stoped with a minimal loss of tissue. Doctor at UPMC said that necrosis may require surgery in itself.

All in all good news. I'll live with the inconvinience of a minor surgery if thats whats called for.

Thanks to all for the good wishes


Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR