[quote=davidcpa]Gary,


Just curious..were you a tobacco user? Did they blast both sides of your neck during rad? How far from the original positive node(s) is the one on that side of the neck now? When did your Rad end? [/quote]

Yep, smoked for a long time. The wife and I both quit about 10 years ago.
I think they did most of the RAD work on the rightside (that was where the first one showed)...but... because the actual cancer was on the base of my tongue they seemed to concentrate on the lower jaw and neck area.
The original node on the right that swelled is positive..I forget the dimensions but it is itty bitty..the one that caught the ONC attention on the CT scan is on the other side of my neck, and it is about the size of a small pea....it is the one we did the biopsy on.
Nov 27th 2007 was my last ride in the TOMO machine.

Looks like we are scheduled for Oct. 31st, guess I'll dig up a pair of Frankenstein neck bolts and have some fun with the Dr's. The ONC wants to wait until after the surgery to talk about doing anymore Chemo.

Thank you one and all for sharing your history...hopefully this will slip right on by and we can return to our version of normal.