The radiation treatment, that is. Or as they call it tomotherapy, based on the machine that is being used. It is not too bad, the mask is uncomfortable but I can deal with it. The actual rads last for 477s.

I am still going to work, have been given pure writing assignments for the moment, as opposed to usual lab experiments. Also have 2 PT appointments every week, so keeping busy. Hoping that the side effects kick in as late as possible.

36, female, left tonsil HPV+ SCC, T2N1
8/28/13 SCC in left tonsil
9/12/13 surgery:TORS and selective neck dissection (levels II-IV), 23 nodes removed
9/18/13 post surgery biopsy: 2mm clear margins, a 7mm lymph node positive in level IV, no ECL
10/28/13 rad begins, 30 treatments, tomotherapy
12/09/13 radiation ends!
2/10/14 papillary thyroid cancer
2/26/14 PET shows clear neck other than thyroid cancer, but with high uptake in an ovarian cyst
2/27/14 thyroidectomy
3/5/14 pelvic ultrasound