It's great to see your surgery went so well and that you have no other treatment to endure.

I mentioned the Velscope to my dentist as a possible tool to be used in future oral cancer screenings and she said she had read about the false positives issue already about it.

And though you haven't mentioned it yet, there is also another new product on the market. I don't know the name of it, but it's basically a soft brush that you whisk over any areas of interest and then send in for biopsy analysis, kind of a quick look tool. My dentist also had little confidence in this new tool, she basically called it a gimmick.

As for 500 character limits in our signatures, I think that applies to everyone, though I haven't counted characters yet on any of the old heads. I expect that is why they use so many 3 letter abbreviations, which I still don't know the meaning of and haven't made the effort to learn either. I want others to know me for more than just all the procedures I've endured.

Glad you're back.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good