We've lost quite a few members of my wife's and my own family to cancers of various kinds over the years, so I would have watched this in any case. But it was especially poignant for me last night given my diagnosis last Friday. Seeing what kind of research has brought us to this point, and how much suffering has happened to get us here put my own case in much better perspective. And I cried when the little boy died, feeling lucky for the first time since then.


Peter, age 62 at Dx
3/27/15 Dx T2N2aM0 Tonsilar P16+ G3 SCC
4/6/15 Full PET clear except for above
4/24/15 TOLM tonsillectomy/clear margins. Neck dissection 20 nodes (1 w/cancer & extracapsular extension)
5/28/15 PEG in
5/27 - 7/10/15 Daily Radiation to 66 units cumulative; Cisplatin weekly X 7
8/24/15 PEG out
9/24/15 Full body PET - N.E.D.
12/22/15 CT and physical exam. Continued clear.
3/11/16 Physical exam. Continued clear.
7/12/16 One year post-treatment! CT clear.
7/7/17 2 years post - still clear