I can't end with that...

In spite of the wait, I did very well. Looking back, there is a lot that happens out of our eyesight. I was about to be injected with poison (chemo) and blasted with ridiculous amounts of radiation so any time they needed to dot i's and cross t 's they are welcome to. While it's easy to feel like the cancer is growing every second, in my case I had ignored a swollen lymph node for 3 months or so. And NOW I'm in a hurry?


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy