After my surgery, everything (all margins) came back negative. I felt fine for almost 3 months, then noticed a small lump on my jaw, which was biopsied & came back positive. That's when the ENT recommended radiation & chemo to treat the recurrence. After my first day, I feel OK so far. I am wearing a chemo pump to infuse my 5FU over the next 4 days and getting Cisplatin daily. Guess in hind site, I should have done radiation right after surgery....


Partial gossectomy & lymph node removal 12-03, Oropharynx, Stage IV