 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | First off what have your primary docs said all these things were? When did you last see them and what did they tell you to do? Cervical HPV does not travel through the body to infect the oral cavity. The virus must be introduced to each area from outside sources and there presently is no reliable oral HPV test except a biopsy of cancer cells. Some of your symptoms could be cause for alarm but IMO you need to be referred up the food chain and get to an ENT so keep pressing.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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