OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 168 | Interesting. I am hoping that I won't have to go through the injections I have been reading about. I don't mind a hoarse voice as long as I am doing no damage to the good (i.e. working) vocal chord by not trying to fix the paralyzed one. I had my CT scan this morning. My oncologist wants to rule out a return of my cancer. If that is clear then I'll start talking about possible treatment of the paralyzed vocal chord with my ENT. I get the results of the CT scan next Wednesday. Don't know why but I am strangely optimistic that the cancer is NOT back but that this is just more radiation side effects. -Michelle
SCC left tonsil, stage IV, HPV+, metastatic to one lymph node. Biopsy 12/23/10; tonsillectomy 1/13/11; DX 1/25/11; Peg in 1/28/11. Peg out 6/29. TX 1/31/11-3/21/11: 35 IMRT plus 3 Cisplatin. Pet-Scan 6/20/11 = CLEAR! Three years out, learning to live with the long-term side effects of radiation while reminding myself to feel blessed.
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