I'm still waiting to find out if I tested positive for HPV 16. I'm an ex smoker too (quit a year before diagnosis). David I like your signature (re the bike riding)! I play roller derby and I plan on being back on skates as soon as possible following treatment. Which brings me to another question- what is recovery time like following ND? THink I'll go and have a bit of a poke around previous posts/threads....

Monica,33 Mum of 3. Former smoker
SCC right lateral tongue. Intially thought to be cell dysplasia and dx as SCC after surgical excision.
Nov 2010- partial glossectomy (1cm in width), partial neck dissection. Margins clear, nothing found in nodes- YAY! Benign tumor on saliva gland.