It's official, I have cancer in my right palatine and lingual tonsil, metastatic to right neck lymph nodes.
<big sigh>
Yesterday's CT scan results only affirmed what I already knew in my heart. Still, hearing the words today took my breath away. Wow.
The docs today gave me two options. Option 1: right tonsillectomy and selective right neck dissection, followed by lesser course of radiation. Option 2: no surgery, intensive radiation. I'm leaning toward surgery with radiation. Have 3rd opinion scheduled for Thursday a.m. and will decide then.
I told my daughter and started calling siblings and friends, we are gonna need some reinforcements on this one. I don't know what else to do right now.....I'm not ready to hold still and think......not yet.
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T3N2aM0 HPV+
5/26/13 discovered painless superball-sized lymph node in neck
6/26/13 DX SCC R palatine tonsil
7/16/13 TORS tonsillectomy & selective ND, mets to 2 nodes
9/3/13 Cisplatin and rads begin, tolerated 1.5 of 3 planned chemo doses
10/16/13 Treatment ends
Dec 13 Ulcer appears at surgery site
Jan 17 Biopsy -- no cancer!
Feb 17 CT/PET Scan lights up tonsil bed & nasal cavity, docs say probably inflammation, don't panic, rescan when ulcer subsides
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