JDR

I'd ask your doctors what HPV test they did. When I insisted that my CCC do an HPV test on my tumor, (because of what I learned on OCF, they also told me that I was HPV negative.) So I was surprised to get the following email from them this January
[quote]Remember back earlier last year you asked for us to test your tumor for HPV status. Our pathologists at that time did a study using one technique (immunohistochemistry staining), and it was negative. We now use a more sensitive testing technique (called PCR). We reran your tumor using this technique, and it was positive for HPV subtype 16. I thought you would be interested.[/quote]
I had been suffering total bewilderment on how following all the exhortations on exercise, nutrition, meditation, etc. could have failed me so badly. It is good to get an answer.
Remember though that being HPV positive is no guarantee of things going great - as my recurrence proves. So Keep the Faith
Charm

Last edited by Charm2017; 10-08-2010 06:06 AM. Reason: typos

65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13