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