[quote=kfisher]Anne-Marie, I took your advice and told my doctor that I was anxious about the surgery. His response was "Tough. You're a big girl, put on you're big girl panties and get over it." [/quote]
Big girl panties can also be used to gag jerks, Katherine. Just sayin'.........
Welcome to OCF. You're doing a great job taking care of yourself and doing everything you need to right now. I'm so glad you caught this early, you are going to be just fine!
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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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