My husband Jim was diagnosed in May with BOT cancer. Since he does not use a computer, I will be using this site. Jim had suffered with sore throats for about a year but neither his dentist or internist could see it. He had an MRI in 08/08 that was read as being scarring and calcifications. He began to have pain in his ear and some other symptoms. He went to an ENT doc for problems with his hearing and asked him to check his throat. He saw something near his tonsil that looked suspicious and biopsied it. The pathologist report came back SCC Stage 2. After waiting for them to get something going, we finally changed doctors and they really got things moving. He has a PEG and Port and has started treatment with some really great doctors, chemo, radiation, and ENT. Jim is 62, non-smoker, non-drinker, but was heavily exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. I am hoping to find how we can both deal with all of this and look forward to advice.
Pam