 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Just stay on top of this node and don't let anyone summarily dismiss it. When I first discovered my swollen lumps in my neck I was given a 3 week course of antibiotics and they shrank about 50% and the CANCER doctor shook my hand and said " Congratulations, you DON'T HAVE CANCER!!!" He did prescribe another 3 weeks of antibiotics and told me they had to shrink all the way down. Fortunately for me my nagging persistent wife tricked me into seeing an ENT the very next day and he did a FNA and it was confirmed SCC.
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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