Husband diagnosed with Tonsil Cancer which is also in his right neck lymph nodes - HPV - P16 (or is it P14?) positive - so apparently that's 'good'! We’re in our mid 60s, non (EX) smokers or drinkers – healthy diet.
[He is also LADA (Type 1.5 diabetes) if anybody has any experience of that too.]
First symptoms appeared around July give or take a couple of weeks - and I'm getting scared as it's now November... with the delays caused by awaiting biopsy results -
We're just about to start the journey - and already the stress is getting to us - HOWEVER my husband is the original 'man' who says he's NOT feeling stressed and he's gone through much worse when he was a kid with abdominal surgeries... but (understandable) he’s pretty nippy with me at times.
We’re awaiting final needle biopsy results from left lymph nodes to see if it’s in the left side as well as the right.
I’m trying to plan ahead for his care etc and doing 3 to 4 months of work in the same number of weeks so I’m tired and a tad stressed too…
I Just want to know what to expect. Can anybody help me please – we are due to meet our Cancer Team again next week to find out what’s happening but there’s nothing like hearing it from folks going through the same – or having done so.
1) If it hasn't spread to the left then he wants to go for the surgery option - enter the right side of the neck, take out the affected parts - then 6 weeks of radio - but not so heavy duty as...
2) if it HAS spread to the left nodes then no surgery - instead 6 weeks of heavy duty radio plus chemo in weeks 1 and 5.
Can anybody tell me what to expect please? Thanking you all in advance.
Hi and welcome.
This is a useful thread to start with
And you could take a look at my blog for the order of things.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
