vocal chord cancer (T1) laser treatment, need advice

Have had laser surgery in sept for early vocal chord t1 cancer and was told it was successful but a month ago I had a check up which revealed there has been a reacurrance ( though only small and on the surface) so have had more laser surgery in the hope that will do the trick as the surgeon says its too small to warrant radiotherapy. Has anyone else had this kind of treatment and is this usual?( reacurrance and more lasering). I'm very concerned that this treatment may not be working or that cancer may keep coming back, resulting in radiotherapy and the possibility of eventually loosing my voice box. I know its early days and I'm probably worrying too much but would be very grateful if there is anyone out there who can comment on this.

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  • I just want to thank everyone who has contributed on this thread. I stayed up reading last night and it's been so helpful for me. My husband is 54 and been hoarse since November with a bad cough for months before that. His GP referred him to an ENT specialist who said he had abnormal white patches in vocal cords. He had a biopsy under general anaesthetic and they did more investigations. After the op they said they'd found red patches and want to repeat the op in 4 weeks time and go deeper-not sure if this means deeper down throat or deeper into vocal cord tissue. He is tired all the time and just feels awful -he's been like this since November and getting worse. Is this likely to be cancer? I just can't stop worrying .He's pretty laid back anyway which is good. He's going for his biopsy results next Weds. He had his biopsy on 21st Feb.  Should I read anything into time taken to get biopsy results? If it was serious  would they have had him back in straight away?  Has anyone had simialr symptoms and what was the outcome? Thank you  

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  • I just want to thank everyone who has contributed on this thread. I stayed up reading last night and it's been so helpful for me. My husband is 54 and been hoarse since November with a bad cough for months before that. His GP referred him to an ENT specialist who said he had abnormal white patches in vocal cords. He had a biopsy under general anaesthetic and they did more investigations. After the op they said they'd found red patches and want to repeat the op in 4 weeks time and go deeper-not sure if this means deeper down throat or deeper into vocal cord tissue. He is tired all the time and just feels awful -he's been like this since November and getting worse. Is this likely to be cancer? I just can't stop worrying .He's pretty laid back anyway which is good. He's going for his biopsy results next Weds. He had his biopsy on 21st Feb.  Should I read anything into time taken to get biopsy results? If it was serious  would they have had him back in straight away?  Has anyone had simialr symptoms and what was the outcome? Thank you  

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