Hi David - Was your wife ever tested for HPV? I ask because when I was diagnosed and we learned the tumor was HPV+ my partner was told that they would just assume that she was also positive. I don't know what difference it would make, testing her, except that if she was negative maybe she should get vaccinated? I have felt that throughout my cancer diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, the HPV issue was never fully discussed with me, and that might be because I was dealing with oncologists who know how to treat the cancers that are a result of the virus but are not themselves specialists in the virus. Or it might be because there are so many unknowns where this virus was concerned. -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.