 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Pat,
It's too soon to panic! It sounds to me like you have an infection of some type. Cancer is characterized by LACK of pain. If the ointment doesn't cure it, ask them for a biopsy.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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