Cathy,

My red spot was thought to be a viral infection by two doctors before being diagnosed as cancer by the third opinion, which was confirmed by biopsy.

It was an early stage that was minimally invasive (basically skin deep). There was no raised tissue, just a red spot.

Get this biopsied.

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