Hi Mike

Grats getting through the treatment and I hope you have turned a corner in your recovery phase.

My wife went through the same thing, where she went to see the ENT doctor around 3 weeks post treatment, followed by a separate meeting with her RO two weeks later!

I was told this is because the ENT doc is essentially in charge of the cancer side of things, whereast the RO is in charge of managing the side effects to the treatment side of things.

The visual scope that the ENT doctors do is very important as they are able to see visually if there is anything malicious going on post-tx, as a PET scan within 3 months of treatment will NOT be able to distinguish between scar tissue & malignant cells.

So, in short - absolutely go see your ENT doctor and get him/her to have a look inside. The good news is that after that meeting, you probably won't be back to see the doc for a good 2 months time if all looks good!


6/8/12: Wife 33y/o with no risk dx with Stage IVa SCC L of Tongue(T4aN2bM0)
3/9/12: Induced birth @ 36 weeks - Baby Hunter!
11/9/12: OP - 3/4 Partial Gloss, Radical ND & Tongue Rec.
24/10/12: 33xRad + 7xChemo
7/12/12: Tx complete
21/3/13 & 21/6/13: NED
24/7/13: SCC in Lungs - OP: Lobectomy (VATS)
29/1/14 passed away