Eve of my final day for radiation. Personally there are no words to describe the journey. Never in my life did I imagine anything like this would happen to me. I had no idea HPV + existed outside of my wife's exams and some friends with daughters contemplating the vaccines. Wow............ Now Tx is almost complete. It feels good to be at the end and yet I'm not sure what really happened or why. Like a high speed train everything outside of the window is a blur. The only constant through the journey has been this support group. You helped me prepare - encouraged me to press on - and advised me along the way. I have read and re-read comments to many individuals in many steps of their journey and learned from you. I have a long way to go in understanding but plan to stay on the site and someday fill in where needed. Thank you.


Age 55 HPV 16+ SCC, BOT 050613 Stage IV
great team at OSU
Tx 6 weeks of rad started June 3
8 weeks of chemo started May 28
RTOG Phase III trial Cetuximab group.
Treatment completed 7/16/2013
PET Scan completed 10/08/13
Results discussed 10/11/13
NED - Free but am I
Next part of the journey?
1year PET 10/24/14 NED
Good reports now 10 years out.