 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Coop,
I am one of the ones that have made it through 2Xs. I am so sorry you have to go through this again, but fight it you will. Those of us who have already had radiation usually cannot have it again to the same area which leaves us surgery and/or chemo for treatment options. I chose surgery.
Be sure to take someone with you to your appointment. All this is too much to remember all at once and write down your questions and the answers. Ask for a PET scan if you want to be certain that you do not have cancer elsewhere. Keep us posted as to what the dr says. And DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT before you start.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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