No smoking for me for 37 years before DX.....no HPV (insisted on being tested)..and no betel nuts either.

I wish that you could contact your dr. with your concerns and ask for a PET/CT several days before your surgery. Isn't your surgery to take place THIS Friday?

I wouldn't be comfortable going into surgery without a bit more clarity about what my problem is.

The PET/CT is a full-body scan, and it is wonderfully reassuring.

XO

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!