Well, I had axillary node surgery and tally was 4 out of 15 nodes( including first biopsy) along with a piece of tissue that appeared to be where the extra capsular spread was.

I will be heading into my 4th time of chemo and radiation, but since it is not to my head and neck it should not be as devastating.(My hope.)

I have joined the ranks of metastasized cancer now.

They are hopeful that since we caught it early in the lymphs and it was too small to show on any scans that maybe we can put up a roadblock.

My Oncologist submitted for molecular testing. I will make a separate post but don't know too much about it, but I sure will learn so I can talk about it next week with my Oncologist.

If anyone has any information on the subject I sure would be interested to hear from you.
Thanks much!

'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."