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I've recently (May 2026) been diagnosed with oropharyngel cancer at the base of my tongue having first noticed a lump in my neck back in April. So having had my tonsillectomy May 15th and Blood tests, PET Scans, MRI, CT Scans and had biopsies three times, (twice at the base of my tongue as the first set were inconclusive) I finally got a diagnosis for the prime site at the base left and centre of my tongue (sorry if that's wrong - I'm new to all the jargon too).
I was given reassurances that this was the only site, well my tongue and the lymph node in my neck that is, and now have a treatment plan in place which started on Friday 10th July with the removal of 3 teeth (Oh what fun that isnt. Three teeth already removed and two more yet to be taken out).
Then out of left field I take phone call from the Urology Dept, telling me that the ENT department had referred me to them as an abnormality has shown up on my PET scan from 28th April an that they need to investigate further.
Talk about throw a lobbing hand grenade my way with the pin already pulled. So I'm now scrabbling around feeling as if I'm back in limbo land trying to find out more as I'm not sure what the implications will be until i get the blood test results back. And to be honest I dreading the result....
