Hello,
just registered to the forum, I would like to introduce myself. I am 51 years old, and live and work near Stuttgart, South-West Germany. I used technical english every day, but my style may be a bit humble for these topics here, I apologize for that.
Hav�ng been (formally) perfectly sane and strong until the middle of January 2009, when a dentist inspected several teeth in my mouth; there was absolutely nothing suspicious to the eyes, even I myself did not realize any strange feeling or swelling. I didnt ever smoke a single cigarette or else in my life, and my alcohol consumption amounts to maybe 1 glass of wine per month. Few weeks later a swelling at the side of my tongue turned out more persistent than just a temporary irritation. Things went very fast then: March 3rd: Sample extracted for analysis, March 6th: Result malignant, March 9th: Entering a big university hospital. 2 Weeks of most thorough investigations of everything including endoscopy of bronchial tubes and esophaus, scintigraphy of bones etc. etc.; sofar fortunately no metastases, and nodes clean. Meanwhile the tumor had grown to the height and thickness of an oreo cake und with a length of approx. 2 oreos.
After time consuming therapy planing I was treated now with cisplatin and (more important) very sophisticated computer-optimized intensity modulated radiation therapy. Therapy is ongoing, and 9 days after begin, the tumor is shrinking
every day!
This is a big joy for me, of course. So far, everything can
follow the approved paths of modern medicine, but:
Two weeks ago a friend of mine, physician by profession (gynecologist) came across a thing, which, surprisingly, is
not discussed at all in Germany: The chance of getting
oral cancer by
HPV infection through oral sex. This was very suprising and shocking for both of us, because noone ever
has considered such. After some literature review, also this website was discovered, and the theme
HPV was the main reason for me to register for this board.
Meet you maybe in another thread....
Best regards -
Peter
