Thank you all for the kind words. The Pulmonologist? is looking over the scans to determine if a lung biopsy is even an option. It depends on if they can can extract a large enough piece to biopsy and if the biopsy will adversely impact any other major organs. The waiting is tough as you all know!


Daughter/Karen-
Pre-exist cond: Erosive Lichen Planus
DX: 7/20 (age 52)-Stage IV SCC; Gloss (75% tongue), Rad Neck Dis w/6+ nodes positive, Par Mand Resec, Free Flap, PEG
8/20-11/07-Chemo/Rad
1/08-11/10-PET clear
1/10-PET showed hot spot in mouth, spots on both lungs. Awaiting lung biopsy