The 'no risk factors' thing is getting more and more common. What that really means is that there's a lot they don't know, and a lot they didn't know they didn't know. Your chances of having cancer are slim, but you wouldn't be alone if it did happen. You take care of yourself, be aware but not anxious, and know that folks here are on your side.


Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery