Saw my ENT today,

He was very happy with my results. Given the location of my tumor (soft palet) he is able to poke prod and jam all sorts of instruments in the affected area (GAG, GAG and GAG again)

All in all he said I was doing great and did not need to see me again until June. I'm starting to feel a bit more comfortable about getting on with my life.

My RO has me scheduled for my first CT in April, so I have to wait a bit for the internal look-see. Both doctors said they wanted to wait a bit because the soft palet throws false positives after radiation along with the fact that they can just jam their finger back there and GAG me LoL. Kidding aside, they can get at the area visually and physically so they are happy with what they are seeing to date.

Wish me luck in April.

Kelly


Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR