you've got some story here! you're amazing to have gone through all of this AND graduated AND played rugby meanwhile! and you are such a wise person for taking things with such a great attitude! and it is great that you and your parents have been so vigilant about your symptoms. i am in total agreement with what you said about people knowing their own body best. my sister knew of her recurrence way before her doctor finally decided to do a biopsy. so stay alert to what's happening in and around you.

i'm wondering what, if anything, is next in your treatment plan?

be well.

sister diagnosed 11/03 SCC maxilla keratenizing stg IV T1N1Mx; 4-7 positive lymph nodes; dissection 12/03 left upper pallette removd; radiaton left side 35 sessions 2/04-4/04; recurrence same side 4/04; chemo began 5/04 incl cisplatine, 5fu, taxotere