Hi,
I was referred back in early Feb to check out a hard, painless lump in my neck. After a biopsy, it was confirmed as Metastatic SCC of Basaloid morphology in my lymph nodes (bit of a mouthful), positive for HPV16.
After a CT scan, PET scan and TORS surgery, the primary was eventually located in the LHS tonsil and base of tongue.
I finally start radiotherapy and chemo next week for six weeks. The RT is to the lymph nodes on both sides of my neck and to the tonsil/base of tongue area. The chemo is two sessions of Cisplatin, three weeks apart. I’m kinda panicking about the effects on my throat and my ability to eat/drink/swallow - the hospital seem quite relaxed about it, but I’d be keen to hear from anyone who has experienced similar and if they had to go down the feeding tube route?
I’ve also not had any confirmation of a stage/grade yet - is this normal? I seem to get woolly answers on it when I’ve asked the oncologist.
Thanks all,
Kevin
