Ha! Tony, I tend to not write about the many times I have to say "well, that didn't go the way I thought it would..". I owe SO MANY people a debt of positive energy that I can't pay them all back but I'm gonna try.

I was released by my radiation oncologist Friday. I have very strong feelings about the politics behind this that I will not discuss on this board. Suffice it to say, it was an attitude test that I failed. So, just gotta look at it from a different perspective and celebrate the end of that chapter of my life.


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy