Gail, thank you for the 2-13 update, please keep them coming.
Sharing your story of Barry's recent ENT visit and his change of thinking within 6 months indicates the beginnings of acceptance. The HPV connection is gaining validity. Awareness is growing.
Our story is similar. My suggestion of HPV was dismissed by Mike's team early on. They knew nothing of the connection. No testing was done. Neck dissection was recommend by the ENT after complete response to chemoradiation. We informed him of the studies, publications and current reconsiderations in protocol. We agreed to a time out to think about it and meet later. Our next meeting, the ENT informed us he attended a seminar over the weekend. He now concluded it was appropriate to moniter on a monthly basis due to Mike's complete response and not fitting the tobacco/alcohol/age risk profile.

I thank you and Barry again for your contributions to this important study.
Ginny

Ginny, spouse of MikeG. SSC BOT T2N1M0 Stage III, Dx 06/27/06 at age 52, Tx 07/31/06 through 09/28/06 Chemo Cisplatin & 5FU x2, Radiation x42. Cancer free and doing well.