 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | It never hurts to get their opinion reviewed by a new set of eyes.
That said, radiation is the ultimate weapon in the arsenal to kill this cancer and it causes the most far lasting, even permanent, life altering adverse side effects. Being able to use it twice is also very limited so some evaluations lead to the recommendation to hold off and see if the initial Tx was sufficient to kill the cancer.
Unfortunately there are no guarantees with this cancer as we have seen it all on this site.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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