OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 32 | Coming home today! Doctors are pleased with progress. What an ordeal, but at least I will be at home. So tired of being in the hospital, though it is a very nice one.
Male, non-smoker, very light drinker, age 56 at diag. 9/18/12 - Diag. tongue cancer, left lateral border HPV 16+ 9/24/12 - Partial glossectomy w/recon. Left side neck nodes removed 11/7/12 - Begin rads (30 treat.) and Cituximab (11 treat.) 12/26/12 - Rads compl. 1/18/13 - Cituximab compl. 3/13/13 - PET clear 12/19/13 - Positive PET 1/3/14 - Biopsy confirm cancer in tongue and 1 node (stage 4) 1/16/14 - Surgery - full glossectomy and and right neck dissect
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