I am a caregiver for my mil who has/had throat cancer. The supragalotic tumor was discovered while she was being intubated during her mastectomy (they were pretty sure they got all the breast cancer). She had to have an emergency tracheostomy. It was ruled inoperable at the time until she came to stay with us and we took her to Mayo. She had laser surgery and a neck discetion a few weeks later which was extensive - numerous nodes were removed as well as the jugular (about 8 hours.) When the pathology reports came back, it was determined that part of the cancer that was removed was actually breast cancer. The doctors were all shocked as this was completely undetected. She is recovering for a while and will undergo radiation with possible/probable chemo in a few weeks.

My questions are about what, in your opinion (some of the REAL experts imo,) are we really looking at? They said the throat cancer was lymphovascular invasive and now that the b/c is metastatic; however, they said they are sure they got it all...

I'm not asking for medical opinions per se, but just any personal stories/experiences. Could we actually be at the end once the six weeks of radiation is over?

Thanking all of you in advance...

(sorry for any and all spelling errors)