I am scheduled for surgery to remove this one node for biopsy October 11. I pushed for it and the team was in agreement based upon my history. It will be minimally invasive and they can do a full biopsy. The doctor explained it could be head and neck mets, a weird breast cancer, lymphoma or nothing at all. Sunderwood, I had failed margins previously and I am holding my own after treatment, so don't give give up the ship!


'08 SCC Rt tongue,part glossect.
'09 Rt neck dissect, 3 Cisplatin, 35 rad.
Aug '11 Rt tongue,hemiglosstmy, Lt neck dissect, forearm flap, 8 Erbitux,30 rad, brachy tongue.
Oct '12 SCC prev stoma site. SCC inside trachea.
Nov '12 total larengectomy, addl neck disect, pec flap
Oct '15 Myelodysplastic Syndrome (form of leukemia)

Dec 8, 2015 passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones
How Cindy wants to be remembered..."I want people to realize I am no longer trapped in this body prison, and I will be free and whole. I want to be remembered by all the good and loving times spent together, not in sadness."