Thanks everyone. I seen my surgeon today and he had just looked at the scans. His preliminary decision is to not do the ND. All of my dr's and the tumor board at the hospital will review all of this on Tuesday and give me their decision after that. I really don't know much except that the one dr. that was pretty much set and expecting to do the surgery feels confident that it is probably not necessary. He wants to get the boards decision and if we decide to pass on the ND I will be monitored monthly and scanned every two months for the first year to monitor the lymph node that was cancerous. I'm going to keep praying and ingesting all of your experience and will hopefully come to a decision that I and my family can be comfy with. Thanks again everyone. Keep the experience coming.
Lee, age 33, stage 4a, T2N2bM0, Tumor left tonsil (removed), 2 left side nodes removed (poorly differientiatied)total of 3 nodes involved. Treatment IMRT x33/ 2x Cysplatin completed. Good Health and Good Help to you. Lee
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