| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Glenn,
Thanks for the response. A needle biospy,or rather 8, the size of a pinhead is what they want to do. They said they would have to insert a stent if the lung collapsed. Did they do this to you? If so what, did it involve? That sounds like surgery. How did yours resolve itself?
All this risk for no symptoms and even if I have this infection, we can't treat it. This is probably just mucous or some coffee I poured down my neck when the TEP was leaking. If they had asked do it a 16 months ago, I could see it. Still leaning toward just bronchospy without biopsy.
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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