Getting told I had a Stage IV tumor that had spread to the lymph nodes prompted me to make a sculpey clay version for "show and tell". The CT had my tumor described as "this enhancing lesion yet I do not believe it enhanced anything in my life so I will use the term tumor. It measured 2.5 cm in AP direction and 2.8cm in transverse dimension by 3.6 in craniocaudal direction. (I confess I never looked up those terms and just did my clay model by LxWxD). Just curious as to the dimensions of other posters tumors when discovered. The ENT surgeon said that while she could get in to take it out, she could not put me back together, so I just did radiation and chemo.


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13