So Michael has been doing well post radiation treatment which ended 12/05/06 � mainly just more tired than pre-cancer (but also older), somewhat dry mouth, but he has gained weight and generally doing well. His CT/ PET scans had all been good. He had the last 05/14/09. The oncologist looked at his disc on 05/14/09 and said he was perfectly normal. (Michael says he was never �perfectly normal�)
Today the oncology nurse called and the radiologist or whoever officially reads the scans saw a tiny cyst / abscess on the base of his tongue near where his original lesion was. It did not however, �light up� so they are pretty sure it is not cancer. They want to re-do another set of scans CT/ PET in 6 months rather than the year we had planned on. We are trying not to worry. The oncologist who has been great with Michael after he started with treatment elsewhere originally, told his nurse to tell us not to worry. We see the oncologist again in July. So should we worry? Are these cysts / abscesses common after radiation? Thank you.