Hi again. All go now: dental x-ray today and CT scan on Monday. Seems to be a lot of confusion about what I have to drink or not drink for the scan. Latest is to go and have a blood test but don't have to pick up the gloop before Monday. Hmmmm. There's something disconcerting about the preparation, maybe because I haven't seen an actual doctor to talk about the process and diagnosis since the biopsy on 11 December. I'm very good at taking a core of genuinely motivated anxiety and making it bigger with vague probably unfounded worries and imaginings. Very hard to get understanding support from those who have not ridden the cancer roller coaster so I'm glad I can express myself here.

1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.