My husband has at least two massive cancer scars a year now. He had stage 4 SCC on his right Tonsil, back in 2005 and not a day goes by that he doesn't worry about cancer. A friend he met during his MRND at Stanford was having surgery for a "recurrence" 17 years after his original cancer. I can't recall, but I think he was told the cancer (not an actual recurrence) was brought on from the original radiation treatment.

So, as Michael is mid17 years post tx, he is worried about the same.

For 3 months he's had pain in his LEFT mouth/jaw/cheek/tongue and visits to the dentist aren't really helping. He is having intermittent swollen nodes on the same side. His ENT wasn't worried, and the endodontist said she didn't think a root canal was indicated. Her PanoX ray showed a "radio luminosity" worrisome for cancer in the root of # 14.

Naturally, he is having severe anticipatory anxiety while we're trying to source and secure an appointment for a specialist.

Any advice is appreciated. He claims this forum saved his life, so I thought I'd give it a try. Thank you.


James