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Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 31 | larry6905: I'm going to join the chorus of folks telling you to report your breathing difficulty to your doctor. I adopted a policy of reporting everything to my doctor and letting him figure out if it was important or not. I had a bit of difficulty breathing for several weeks when the lymphedema first came into my life. So I told my doctor. Turns out my epiglottis was very swollen and a prescription for steroids for about 6 weeks put it right. Not being able to draw a breath was scary and I was glad the doctor was able to bring me some relief.
2/2014 SCC T4aN2bM0 HPV+ Tonsil/BOT
3/3/2014 PEG and port
3/10/2014 Chemoradiation therapy begins 260 mg Cisplatin x3, 2.12 Gy rads x33
4/23/2014 Final Cisplatin infusion
4/25/2014 Final radiation treatment
7/17/2014 PET scan. Lymph nodes clear. Primary tumor reduced both size and SUV (borderline hypermetabolic) so it's inconclusive.
8/2/2014 PEG tube removed.
11/24/2014 Saw MO, RO, ENT, and Head & Neck Surg. over past 10 days - all agree no recurrence but enhanced surveillance will continue.
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