"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | I asked my RO that once. I looked him right in the eye and said "If your sitting right here in my shoes, what would you do?" He gave that a little more thought.
I found my cancer be being insistent with my doctors (whom I liked and respected) that I wanted to know what it was. I did not want to take a wait and see approach and I did not want to try going on anti-virals for a few weeks to see is they worked.
I am amazed you cannot get a biopsy for peace of mind.
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
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