I am having a hard time. I was having problems breathing last week and they thought it was the virus I was fighting. Luckily, my oncologist was wise enough to send me for a CT scan and the found a pulmonary embolism so they put me on a blood thinner.

My throat is hurting quite a lot with many sores, day 13 of radiation. There is blood when I gargle and a thick bloody clot. Is this normal?


HPV+ P16 positive squamous cell carcinoma

Oct 2014 found neck node lumps
Went to Oncologist (TNBC)
Ultrasound
2 CT Scans - body/head and neck
Needle & core biopsy
Pet Scan
Biopsy to find primary w/ anesthesia - failed
Second Opinion found primary & biopsied
Biopsy confirmed HPV+ P16 Squamous cell carcinoma
Radical Neck Dissection 11/22/2014
32 lymph nodes removed - 3 positive
Ported 12/29/14
Chemo and rads to start January 5, 2015
cisplatin weekly 40 mg/m2
Rads M-F for 7 weeks