My brother is in Houston this week for checkups. As soon as his main doctor walked in he noticed bumps on David's neck - I had not seen these. His wife said they started a few days ago. The doctor asked if he had more and David moved the strap around the trach to show 5-6 more. My sister, who is down there with them right now, said they looked like big red mosquito bites. The doctor was very straight with them and said there is a very strong possiblity this is cancer and did a biopsy. The results will be in Friday and I know I shouldn't worry until them, but the doc said the chance it was something else was very slight. I feel that, as a doctor who sees this in oral cancer patients, he is probably right. If it is cancer my brother has 2-3 months. What a blow. He had been doing well after surgery, but the last 4 weeks had lost noticable amounts of muscle mass and continued to be in deplitating pain. They are going ahead with the pain blocking shot tomorrow. He's doctor said it was worth trying anything if it could stop his pain for a little while and he could enjoy the time he has left. I'm trying to write this quickly, in between total sobbing breakdowns. Can anyone tell me what these bumps are? Do they mean cancer is somewhere else? They said his mouth still looks great, but he has a trach infection and LOTS of crusted junk and plugs in his throat. The doctor talked like, if these bumps are cancer, there is nothing we can do. Does anyone know anything about these bumps. Please let me know. I know it will do no good, but I always have to research everything to see if I can find even a glimmer of hope. I don't even know what these things are called.
You're help is greatly appreciated.
Tonya