For me, waiting for treatment to start was the worst. The good news is that radiation is over in a short time, less than 2 months. It helped me to remind myself of allllllllllllll the people on this site who made it through, many with grace and spirit intact. The side effects come on slowly and your medical team and folks here will have strategies and ideas to help you cope. You can do this!


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T3N2aM0 HPV+
5/26/13 discovered painless superball-sized lymph node in neck
6/26/13 DX SCC R palatine tonsil
7/16/13 TORS tonsillectomy & selective ND, mets to 2 nodes
9/3/13 Cisplatin and rads begin, tolerated 1.5 of 3 planned chemo doses
10/16/13 Treatment ends
Dec 13 Ulcer appears at surgery site
Jan 17 Biopsy -- no cancer!
Feb 17 CT/PET Scan lights up tonsil bed & nasal cavity, docs say probably inflammation, don't panic, rescan when ulcer subsides