OP      "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)    Joined:  Apr 2006  Posts: 794  |    Good News.....I had a good 18-month checkup today, and the nodes were determined to be reacting to my current allergic flare-up.  They had shrunk significantly by the time of my checkup.  On Friday, however, they were alarming, and I jumped to conclusions that I was in big trouble.  This disease makes us jumpy, for good reason.  But I was fortunate this time.  Thanks for your concern and advice.        
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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