OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 94 | The radiation treatment, that is. Or as they call it tomotherapy, based on the machine that is being used. It is not too bad, the mask is uncomfortable but I can deal with it. The actual rads last for 477s.
I am still going to work, have been given pure writing assignments for the moment, as opposed to usual lab experiments. Also have 2 PT appointments every week, so keeping busy. Hoping that the side effects kick in as late as possible.
36, female, left tonsil HPV+ SCC, T2N1 8/28/13 SCC in left tonsil 9/12/13 surgery:TORS and selective neck dissection (levels II-IV), 23 nodes removed 9/18/13 post surgery biopsy: 2mm clear margins, a 7mm lymph node positive in level IV, no ECL 10/28/13 rad begins, 30 treatments, tomotherapy 12/09/13 radiation ends! 2/10/14 papillary thyroid cancer 2/26/14 PET shows clear neck other than thyroid cancer, but with high uptake in an ovarian cyst 2/27/14 thyroidectomy 3/5/14 pelvic ultrasound
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