OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 596 | Has anyone acquired strep throat after having throat cancer?
I had bilateral tonsillectomies with positive cancer on the left in August of 2012.
I had a cold, which come along with a sore throat, but now the cold is better (almost gone) and my throat has gotten worse.
I just looked in the mirror and I can see white patches in the back of my left side. This is the same side as my cancer. I'm starting to freak out a bit.
Should I contact my doctors on Monday?
~Kerri
37 y/o fem at Dx (23 wks preg @ dx on 3/16/11) SCC L oral tongue (no risk factors) L partial gloss/MND 3/28/11 @ 25 wks preg T1-2N0M0; no rads/chemo Tonsillectomy on 8/6/12 +SCC L tonsil T2-3N1M0 (HPV-) Treated with 35 rads/7 carbo & taxol (Rx ended 10/31/12), but many hospitalizations d/t complications from rx. Various scans since rx ended are NED! Part of genetic study for rare cancers @ MGH. 44 years old now...I wasn't sure I would make it! Hoping for 40 more!
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