Bart,
My heart goes out to you. I don't know how you do it. I don't know if I could face what you have been/are going through. It is a testament that you can keep a good attitude and stay with the battle. Best to you through all this.
Tom
Tom, age 67 - Stage IVA HPV16+ oropharyngeal SCC, T2N2aM0, Right tonsil, lymph node
1/9/14 Positive biopsy diagnosis
1/16 Cancer Panel
1/21 TORS (Trans Oral Robotic Surgery) to remove tonsil; 1mm margin clear.
2/10 Neck Dissection 1 involved lymph node (extra-capsular activity puts chemo in the mix), 40+ nodes removed
3/17 Begin IMRT RAD & Cisplatin. RAD of 30 treatments, 5 days a week.
4/7 2nd of 2 Cisplatin
4/25 Last RAD
Never installed feeding tube.
Now in recovery.
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