I had my 6 month post treatment PET scan yesterday and it was CLEAN.

It was a little over 9 months ago that University of Michigan said there was nothing more to be done for me. They even had me in the RO's office with the paperwork in my hands ready to start me on palative chemo. Lucky for me that I had already sought out other options and turned them down. They said the average time left for smile people at my stage was 9 months with the chemo. That timeline would put me underground about now

I am very relieved. This is the one I was waiting for as any small cells that survived treatment would be showing up about now. I am now on the 3 month checkup schedule again but breathing so much easier.

Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR