Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 66 | We all are survivors as long as we are still trucking along doing what we can do helping each other hang in there.
I am going to mark my calendar by day of completion because I'd rather celebrate getting those treatments done than discovering the cause of it all.
It does really help to hear from people who have been through things.
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
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