Hi BWB, please don't read anything at all into the fact that your Mom's doc wants to deliver the results in person. As Maria mentioned, the doc will check the biopsy site. Beyond that, an in-person visit gives you an opportunity to discuss any follow-up monitoring the doc recommends. If no further monitoring's recommended, you'll have a chance to make sure you understand why and whether there are any warning signs to watch for.
Even when they turn out happily these cancer scares are traumatic. Docs know that and most will spend time easing your worries when they can.
Good luck!
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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
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