My cancer update

[KS Toronado]

Tuesday was first meeting with chemo doctor, he said we'd start out with surgery to install 2 stents,
one into the suction side of my heart (to inject chemo) and the other a feeding tube into my stomach.
Left that meeting pretty unhappy as reality was starting to set in what my future looked like.

Thursday was first meeting with the radiation doctor and he had looked over my PET scan that morning
and noticed that the lymph node the chemo doctor said was cancerous was right next to a tooth that had
a low grade infection. This doctor had a meeting with the chemo doctor and got him to agree not to start
chemo.

My vocal cord tumor is in it's early stages and very treatable with radiation, 6 weeks of 5 times a week,
then we'll see what's going on with the lymph node. He gave me a prescription to treat the tooth for it's
small infection. If after radiation treatment the lymph node does show cancer, he said minor surgery to
remove it was the best option, so small a problem chemo was overkill.

Next Thursday I go in and they'll make a form fitting mask for my head which they secure to the table
so I'm not moving around plus then they'll give me a schedule to start treatment.

Believe I got lucky having this radiation doctor, 25 years experience with head & neck cancer only.
Plus he believes the lymph node is OK, it's just fighting the tooth. Big weight off my shoulders.

THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD VIBES EVERYONE, THEY'RE WORKING!