I got good news today and wanted to share it with all of you!! I went and got the staples out of my neck today! It was canceled Wednesday due to Ophelia on the coast.

My ENT was excited and told me that he had the results and was very glad to report that everything came out great!! No CANCER!!! not in any of the 45 nodes or my tongue!!!

He did say that there was one node on the left side that was disfigured and it came back with other stuff in it but no cancer. He told us the scientific name but it is gone so now I do not have to worry!!!

I am glad that I went through with the surgery (I'm not gl


Terry | 42 female| base of tongue w/swollen lymph nodes | Dx'd-Feb 05 | Stage IVA T2N2M0 | radiation/chemo 8 weeks finished 3rd week May/05 | bilateral neck dissection 9/2/05 45 nodes all neg.