At age 65 I have just been diagnosed with carcinoma of the epiglottis which was found by an ENT doctor. I smoked up until age 58 so I guess it finally caught up with me. Doctor referred me to a Radiation Oncologist who says 33 treatments will be required. No surgery or Chemo. My only symtom was food hanging in my throat occasionally, I'd have to cough it back up and try again. I have a copy of my CT Scan because I'm going to MD Anderson Monday to confirm all of this before I start treatment. I keep looking for stage or numbers like those mentioned here but I don't see them. CT report just says 2.2 soft tissue lesion without extension into into aryepiglottic folds and no evidence of glottic or subglottic extension. No vocal cord involvement. Scan was on 3/29/06/ Everything seems to be happening very quickly and I am getting more nervous by the day. I found this website and its great to be able to access all of the information here. Of course I'm concerned as to how I will handle the radiation. My overall health seems to be pretty good. I live alone so probably I'll try and find someone to come in and help if need be. Maybe I will breeze through it like some others I have read about. My first post here and thanks for reading!! I'm in South Texas between Houston and Galveston.