David,

Actually your sig is one I read a lot. Your recovery time to being back to riding 100 miles a week is something that will keep me motivated.

I guess I should explain a little more detail on what my OC said. When I first met with him he went into detail how the treatment used to always be Chemo concurrent with radiation but that in the past year even the data shows that doing all three approaches (surgery, chemo, radiation) has no more of a curability rate or chance of recurrence than doing two (surgery, radiation). Now all things being equal that was before my surgery.

Basically you have made me determined to get clarity on their rationale and I thank you for that good sir.


47, Non-smoker, moderate drinker
7/13 Found a lump on my neck
8/08/13 Dx HPV 16+ SCC right tonsil
8/19/13 Biopsy and neck dissection, 38 lymph nodes removed 2+ for cancer
9/23/13 Start 33 radiation treatments & 4 x Carboplatin/Taxol, 3 x Taxol only
11/07/13 Last radiation treatment
01/03/14 Post treatment CT scan looks good