 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Eric,
Sorry to hear you may have to go through this again. Neck dissections are a 'walk in the park' in comparison to radiation. I have survived two 4 years apart. My second cancer was not a reoccurance of the first but a completely new one that cropped up 4 years to the day from the first one. While it is disheartening to have to do it all over again, IF it is cancer, they probably have caught it early by their diligence and the sooner it is out, the better. Some of us do survive a second go round.
Still hoping it's a false positive.
Take care,
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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