Hello folks,

38 y.o. Male T1N1M0 SCC here is my timeline:


9/20 Woke up to a enlarged lymph node on right side of neck with no other symptoms.
9/25 Went to doc 5 days later got put on a z pack, which had no effect.
9/30 Went back to doc got referred to ENT.
10/4 Put on levoflaxacin and prednisone.
10/8 ultrasound determined it was lymph node not cyst
10/13 FNA and neck scoped with fiber optics no site found
10/16 comes back suspicious
10/21 MRI
10/23 comes back clean referred to doc with more oncology experience
10/28 scopes throat again and does biopsy or right tonsil
10/31 biopsy come bag neg
11/4 PET/CT
11/5 Original large node shows medium uptake, right tonsil shows mild uptake.
11/6 Laryngoscopy and tonsillectomy performed. Freeze pathology positive for SCC right tonsil

Current condition: waiting for DNA results to see if HPV+, will see an oncologist ASAP. Dealing with the fun of an adult tonsillectomy.

History: started using smokeless tobacco in military at 18, kicked the can one or two times for about 6 months. Definitely no stranger to the bar scene until about July of last year. Married my wife/best friend who is breast cancer survivor herself 3 months ago. Not a great honeymoon surprise :-/

To give you an idea of my personality I wrote "Happy Hunting!" on my neck before my laryngoscop/tonsillectomy...

Looking forward to educating myself to help kick this diseases butt.

Brian