Hi Pigdoc/John
I found my Lump which was on the right side of my neck on the 28th of April( Cool I thought "only a swollen gland" I thought )I saw my own GP on the 7th May and he refered me to my specialist on the next day (after I had some Scans), The specialist booked me into hospital and had the lump excised on the 16th of May( Squamous Cell Carcinoma ) a few days later had Barium Swollow on the 22nd then CT Scan on the 24th and saw my specialist that afternoon (Da-Da Cancer), then He refered me to an ENT specialist on the 1st of June. I had a scope of my throat and then a presurgery check up and an ECG on the 6th, then on the 8th I was booked into the Hospital again and had a tonselectomy ( Right side only Benign ). I was then Admitted to the RAH and had a Modified Radical Neck Dissection on the 22nd where they removed 34 Glands, 5 Lymth Nodes 2 of which were cancerous, had neck muscle removed and one of my Jugular veins,I went home on 30th of June feeling great( bull#@%t).
On the 5th of July I was back to the Hospital and fitted for a RT/Scan Mask. Then I saw the Oncologist on the 6th, he organised a Kidney Scan on the 17th of July and a PET/Scan on the 20th and then I was back to the Oncologist on the 23rd. On the 30th I have to have a blood test so that they know the stength of Chemo to give me, which starts on the 31st which is to take about 3 to 6hrs, and then RT which continues for 7 weeks (35) doses. ( now thats not Cool ).