Eric,

I had a "large suspicious area" in the same spot as the largest lymph node that was cancerous and the doctor even told me because it felt so hard he was pretty sure it would require a neck dissection and most likely indicated a recurrence. It went away on the next exam/scan. Please try and be positive and it ain't cancer till the pathologist proves it.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and if there was any way I could take the burden from you, I would.

Calmness and hugs your way.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023