 Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 | Gulfcoast
Good to know you worked! I am hoping to stick to my routine as much as possible.
Philip,
The ideal time frame, according to my radiation oncologist at Stanford, is treatment within 70 days of diagnosis. It's okay to take some time to choose the right protocols.
My timeline:
Lymph node noticed 1/5; many tests all clear until "cyst" removal 3/6. Diagnosis of metastatic SCC to lymph node 3/7. Biopsies to find the primaries benign 3/13. Referred to Stanford 3/29. Trans oral robotic surgery to identify primary 5/9. 2mm primary found in vallecula 5/10. Rads started 6/13 for 30 sessions, 60 Gy.
Keep fighting friends!
Me -- currently 53 years old
SCC diagnosed 3/7/2017 at age 48
Staging SCC HPV+ T0,N1 primary unknown
PET 3/16, no activity, biopsies 3/23 benign
TORS surgery identified 2mm tumor in BOT (vallecula)
Cancer restaged T1, N2, M0
Begin 30 sessions of radiation (60 Gy) 6/13
Completed radiation 7/24/2017
1st MRI clear 10/23/2017!!
2nd MRI clear 10/17/2018!
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