Susan,

My MD gave me a script for a mild anti anxiety med. He said two equal one Valium. He let me know that between the DX and start of treatment (all the waiting) and quitting smoking I was going to need something to calm my nerves. He was right.

I did not get a PET or an MRI but did get a CT (head neck and chest) along with a chest X-Ray. I was a T3 meaning 3 Cm but I did not have node involvement.

Your ENT is a real Peach "this is a nasty cancer." Yahhh like there�s a nice one! Yes, treatment is hard on OC patients because of the location, but it�s a curable cancer.

I�m still with my ENT for a number of reasons, but one of them is the last thing he left me with after he told me I had cancer. He looked me right in the eye and said, � We can cure this cancer�

I think you will have a better feeling about treatment after you get to Sloan. They live to kill cancer.

Kelly