On January 2nd 2021 I lowered myself wearily from the Varian RT table after the final one of my 30 sessions and braced myself for The Recovery, which, if I’m honest, was very hard going for a good few weeks.
Yesterday, January 24th 2023, I had my 2-yr-on face to face check up. The doc had a good look around with the camera-up-the-nose routine and made me say “eeee” and “aaarrr”, while trying not to gag. He palpated my neck and also had a good look at where my tongue meets my ex tonsil (my glossotonsillar sulcus), where it’s been sore on and off since treatment ended, and pronounced that it all looked good. He explained, again, that it was the ridge of RT-blasted scar tissue from my tonsillectomy that I could feel with my tongue and that it looked nice and normal to him. He also said that recurrence in the same place after 2 years was rare.
I asked him about the need to maybe have a carotid artery Doppler scan after having had RT. He seemed unworried and said that if my BP and cholesterol levels were normal I shouldn’t be bothered.
They’re now putting me on 3-monthly checks starting with a phone call in April. Hoorah!
Sincere thanks again to the folk in here who’ve held my hand and suffered my ramblings since October 2020. It would’ve been so much harder without you. I hope by posting this I can return the favour, in this small way, to any starting out or close behind me on this scary journey.
M
That is excellent news Mark. So pleased for you and you know it’s so encouraging for people just starting along this road.
Its great that you’ve updated your profile too.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I wrote a blog about my cancer. just click on the link below
https://todaymycoffeetasteslikechristmasincostarica.com
