Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,293 Likes: 1 | You have a diagnosis and preliminary staging so you at least know what you face going forward. Sounds like things are moving along pretty quickly if you have another meeting scheduled on Monday.
Try not to attend along any of these meetings as the extra ears make a big difference to what is being explained.
Ask about tumor board or other means to get other review of the diagnosis. A formal second opinion is a standard method but a solid tumor board is good too.
Good luck
Don Male, 57 - Great health except C Dec '12 DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes 1 tooth out Jan '13 2nd tooth out Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT 4-6/2013 CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150 ended 5/29,6/4 All the details, join at http://beatdown.cognacom.com |