I saw my ENT Thursday and he said the tongue peel was to be expected. He said not knowing if my OC was nasopharynx or oropharynx or where the primary might be or have been that both areas were blasted to the max.

He also told me they are currently collaborating with MD Anderson - Houston and Sydney Kimmel Cancer Research Center - San Diego to gear up their Pathology department to tumor test oropharynx OC for HPV. So, my nodes might still get tested.



Don
TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary
FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm
PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm
HiRes CT 6/21/08
Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08
PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08
35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo
Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11