 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Lets hope for the best. At one point when Moffitt thought my primary might either be in my rt tonsil or BOT, their H & N surgeon planned to put me under and take biopsy's until he found my primary. I went under knowing I would wake up without my tonsils. I had already pre ordered my ice cream. LOL When I woke up my wife was there to tell me that they found my primary at the BOT and it was the first site he examined and he thought that he got all my cancer at the primary site with the bio he took so I didn't loose my tonsils. After reading yours and several other posts about the pain associated with loosing your tonsils I'm very glad he stopped.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
| 
