My docs didn't seem concerned about water seeping in, but more about infection from unclean water. They said private pools would be fine but might want to stay away from the public ones. I did however swim in a couple hotel pools and cruise ship pools and lived to tell about it with no ill effects. I tried forming a water-proof seal with some water resistant band-aids but it wasn't very effective.


Age 33, NS, HPV-
8/01- At 25, SCC on tongue,3cm lesion remvd. L nk diss clr nodes
10/07- 2cm SCC remvd from L tongue
4/08- SCC on L tonsil,tonslctmy,2 wks later PET showed golf-ball szd tumor in tongue.
PEG.IMRT x 35 Cisplatin x 3 ended 7/08. Peg out feb 09 -Clear PET Dec 2010