I saw my Radiation Dr today. He is one doctor who has always been up front and honest about my cancer and treatments. He told me that radiation would probably do me more harm than good right now. My cancer is going to keep coming back. I asked him to give me a straight answer on how much time I have. His answer was 6 months to a year. He also said he hates to tell patients that because you never know. I am trying to come to grips with this. I know shouldnt give up hope and I am still getting a 2nd opinion from an oncologist not affiliated with this hospital on Thursday.I also had some tests done today for the clinical trial EKG another CT and blood work. I will most likely be starting that chemo next week.


4 cancerous tumors stage4 Surgery 10/26/2010 Radiation 2x a day for 4 weeks (started Dec 13th 2010)
Reccurance discovered Nov 2011. Tumor behind left jaw. Erbitux, Taxol and Paraplatin for 6 wk. Surgery scheduled for Feb
50 year old woman smoked for 30 years quit 3 years ago light drinker HPV +16