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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 476 | Hi Shelly, Sorry you have to be here but WELCOME. My husband's cancer presented almost identical to your husbands'. My husband woke up the week before Christmas last year (2008) with a non-painful lump in his left neck (4 cm malignant lymph node) and no other symptoms at all. His primary was also the base of tongue. We are almost a year ahead of you and your husband on this long........road. Treatment is tough and brutal but doable. My husband is doing really well and life is good. You have found a great place for support and information from a lot of patients and caregivers who have traveled similar paths. Your husband is lucky to have his #1 caregiver also be a nurse. Best wishes.
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Wanda (47) caregiver to husband John (56) age at diag.(2009)
1-13-09 diagnosed Stage IV BOT SCC (HPV+)
2-12-09 PEG placed, 7-6-09 removed
Cisplatin 7 weeks, 7 weeks (35) IMRT
4-15-09 - treatment completed
8-09,12-09-CT Scans clear, 4-10,6-11-PET Scans clear
4-2013 - HBO (30 dives) tooth extraction
10-2019 - tooth extraction, HBO (10 dives)
11-2019 - Left lateral tongue SCC - Stage 2
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