Princess Margaret is a first class institution. You will get your answers there. And they have a staff that can deal with whatever the issue ultimately is.

I am a bit appalled that your doctor was unaware that carotid artery damage is one of the most common adverse events related to head and neck radiation. It can be damaged in numerous ways. He’s only thinking about how it becomes occluded in normal people. Of course that is primarily through the crappy diets that must people have combined with their sedentary lifestyles. That build up fatty plaque in the artery and long-term creates calcified deposits. Radiation has little to do with those kinds of fat accumulations. It can cause a completely different menu of problems. His myopic perspective is a good reason to go elsewhere.

I’m pretty confident that good doctors would not leave a clot in there that has the potential to move. And if it was a clot they would be thinking if safe ways to get rid of it.

I’m so glad you are being proactive and going to PM. Please post back when you have an update. Wishing you the best. B