Hi all, my partner was diagnosed with npc back of last year, he successfully completed 6 weeks of radiation therapy and is currently 4 months i to recovery, his doing amazingly well, back at work full time and eating and drinking practically everything which is great considering how much he suffered during treatment. He has attended two six weekly check ups which involved a endoscopy which was alooking good, he has attended his regular check up today and due to bleeding blocking the view throughout the endoscopy he has now been asked to have a biopsy done, this would have been today hower the tools were not long enough to carry out so unfortunately means we have to wait two weeks for an appointment to have this carried out, am very worried after two successful outcomes what this mamean, the Dr did not mention reoccurence just couldnt see due to the blood clot blocking the view,has anyone ever experienced this before? Trying to be positive as it's not necessarily bad news but at else could it be? I need to stop googling!! Thank you x
,has anyone ever experienced this before?
I can't put your mind at rest from personal experience but you're right you do need to stop googling. It's a horrid situation to be in. I do understand. I had a hiccup with my post treatment PET and had to have a biopsy. Thankfully the cancer had gone. It could be healing/scarring that has been disturbed by the endoscope. Remember the irradiated tissue is very delicate for a long time.
Post treatment my dentist made my tongue bleed by rough handling it out of curiosity to see what it looked like...He never did it again!
His ENT is being super careful. Fingers crossed
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
