OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | The ball is finally starting to roll. When I called ENT's office first thing today, I was told ENT STILL had not talked to radiologist but would try to go over to the hospital during lunch. ENT finally called at 1:30! Says the mouth lesion is not in a position where it can be biopsied by FNA, so radiology will bx the lymph node as well as the largest nodes on either side of my thyroid (ultrasound guided for all 3). He did admit, however, that it is highly unlikely that if I have thyroid cancer it would have mets to the mouth. He has handpicked the pathologist he wants there during the procedure to check the samples. Hopefully it will be scheduled in the next few days. Depending on the results of these biopsies he will decide what to do to the mouth lesion . I feel a little calmer just knowing that the biopsies are finally in the works.
Susan Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland. 10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck. T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22. Never smoked, light social drinker Also happen to be ICU RN |