It's been 3 weeks since I was last on and things have progressed.
At this moment in time I've been diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the throat after the biopsy and a CT/MRI scan.
I'm having a further more detailed biopsy with in a couple of weeks on advice from the consultant.
He has stated that this is a very common cancer and happily after chemotherapy and radiotherapy he is looking for it to be cured.
My original symptom was a neck lump and nothing else and even now, at this time , I have no other symptoms although my neck lump or rather the area has swollen but not enough to see it.
I, like many of us thought the worse but only as one scenario. I really didn't lose sleep over it but it was always there.
In recent years one of my sisters had breast cancer and it was removed and went through chemo and radio therapy. Only yesterday she bought an exercise bike. It is 18 months since the end of her treatment.
My other sister, I have four, had Thyroid cancer and she is clear after five years and lastly my father had bowel cancer 12 years ago at the age of 75 years. He's still with us.
So when we come on this site and show our concerns because we want advice to help us get through our anxieties I hope that my own case and that of my family give you who are stressing over a possible diagnoses a little comfort.
My journey is just starting so I'll keep the site informed and hope that it may help other people.
It helps me too.
