My Latest appointment update! - 08-19-2010 04:00 PM
Hi Everyone!
Well, they put me through the ringer yesterday people! I literally got beat up pretty good. The results were in, nerves and tensions were high as the doc started scrolling the scans in front of me and my mother. So the " shades of grey " what a scary word, only showed up on my tongue and my lymph nodes are slightly enlarged. They scoped me " Total Recall Anyone? " and said I looked clear in the back of the tongue and throat areas.
The Doctor set a surgery date for September 16th, he said they will remove the tumor as well as both sides of my neck lymph nodes as a precaution. He said he wanted to avoid radiation as best as possible and he seemed very confident which made me and my mother very encouraged. The doc was very thorough and had me get seen by everyone, the teeth mold thingy really sucked because it literally tortured my tongue. It was a close tie with the biopsy pain.
I thank all o you for your support and advice, we are staying with LBJ now that I recieved the gold card. The surgeon is from MD Anderson and said he will not tolerate this disease being inside of me for much longer. So all in all I am officially a Stage II and set for war on September 16th,4 days after my birthday! Thank you all...
Maybe this will help someone because it gave me empowerment right before we enered the hospital yesterday, A fellow drag racing friend and mentor sent me a text yesterday morning that said " Remember Nathan, winning begins with attitude....And we aint come to this MOFO to lose!" Love yall!
Nate
Well, they put me through the ringer yesterday people! I literally got beat up pretty good. The results were in, nerves and tensions were high as the doc started scrolling the scans in front of me and my mother. So the " shades of grey " what a scary word, only showed up on my tongue and my lymph nodes are slightly enlarged. They scoped me " Total Recall Anyone? " and said I looked clear in the back of the tongue and throat areas.
The Doctor set a surgery date for September 16th, he said they will remove the tumor as well as both sides of my neck lymph nodes as a precaution. He said he wanted to avoid radiation as best as possible and he seemed very confident which made me and my mother very encouraged. The doc was very thorough and had me get seen by everyone, the teeth mold thingy really sucked because it literally tortured my tongue. It was a close tie with the biopsy pain.
I thank all o you for your support and advice, we are staying with LBJ now that I recieved the gold card. The surgeon is from MD Anderson and said he will not tolerate this disease being inside of me for much longer. So all in all I am officially a Stage II and set for war on September 16th,4 days after my birthday! Thank you all...
Maybe this will help someone because it gave me empowerment right before we enered the hospital yesterday, A fellow drag racing friend and mentor sent me a text yesterday morning that said " Remember Nathan, winning begins with attitude....And we aint come to this MOFO to lose!" Love yall!
Nate