 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Hmmmm.... well he's the dr. But I can tell you my guy - right out of the gate said that I was having a dissection. Even though a CT and MRI showed clear, he knew there was a good chance the cancer was already there on a microscopic level. I didn't argue and was glad for this. Turns out I had a node that did no show up on any scan, and it was cancerous. What's more - the cancer had broken through the node and into the surrounding tissue. Had he not done the dissection at the same time - I'm fairly certain I wouldn't be here today.
hugs and best of luck.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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