 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | When I first discovered what led to me being diagnosed with cancer was a painless lump in my neck. Initially I ignored it and a month later I asked my wife to take a look and BAM!! I was on a fast track to discovery. I didn't think it (which turned out to be 2 nodes) looked or felt big but my wife seeing it for the first time screamed in her always calming manner "My God you've got golf balls in there!" From memory I don't think either were greater than 2 cm's. From my experience with this cancer it is quite common for those of us later diagnosed with HPV positive SCC to first notice the swollen nodes which then later leads to the discovery of our Primary.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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