Well, I got back last night after seeing specialist at University of Chicago Medical Center, and their opinions were a lot different. They say I have a Stage IV cancer and are recommending both Chemo and IMRT. I'm pretty stunned right now, this has gone from being no big deal, let's just watch to being the worst case scenario. Obviously I'm going to go with the aggressive treatment, but right now I'm kind of numb and depressed.


Lucinda 52 y.o. no risk factors -dxed 11/10/09 w/ Right lateral tongue SCC 2cm, bilateral neck dissection with 3 nodes positve on right, Induction chemoTx followed by ChemoradioTx, last Tx 4/3/09, PET/CT 11/8/09 showed no sign of recurrence.