[quote]If anyone has had a second biopsy done in the same spot as radiation happened, how bad was it? Was it super invasive and was the recovery long?[/quote]
Short answer: NOPE
When my MRI indicated the cancer had come back in the same spot (BOT) that had been radiated the first time, my surgeon insisted on a biopsy before considering salvage surgery. I went into the hospital that morning, strolled out that afternoon, nursed a sore throat for a day and was back to "normal". Good thing too, as those were the last three weeks I would eat or drink, unbeknownst to me.
Keeping fingers crossed that Kevin's MRI is good
Charm


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