 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Unfortunately we are sometimes left to make these difficult decisions regarding our own health care. Understand none of us here are the experts you seek so we can only tell you what we would do facing your situation. I favor multiple opinions (I got 5 before I was comfortable) so if I were you I would make an appointment with a CCC in their Head & Neck Center, like Sloan or Johns Hopkins, and get their opinion. NO ONE can visually call cancer or dismiss it as not being cancer. Certainly this may not be cancer but IF it is it won't do anything but get bigger and spread to the nodes so I would err on the side of caution.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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