I met with the doctor who has expertise with graft-versus-host disease and bot cancer (he's also a plastic surgeon and a dentist, a man of many talents). He did a thorough examination and discussed my results from my other tests - CT, PET, MRI, biopsy. I am HPV+. Looks like lymph nodes are involved on both sides but areas are all small. BOT tumor is very small, less than 1 cm and does not cross center line - completely on the left side. He does have concerns regarding usual treatment becuase I've already had so much chemo with the bone marrow transplant and is concerned about potential graft vs. host issues. He's going to confer with another of his colleagues before he makes recommendations. Overall, he was very optimistic. He said, "The treatments will not be fun but I believe we can solve this problem [the cancer]." I meet with my multidisciplinary team tomorrow. I'm going to start a new thread as I am seeking input from all of you oc veterans. I'm grateful to have found this site.

Brian kindly gave approval for me to link my blog, Mausmarrow.com, in my signature. I started it nearly two years ago when I embarked on my bone marrow transplant journey. The journey and the blog are now taking a new turn but all are indubitably intertwined.