Happy to have found this group
Hi everyone. Two weeks ago my husband went to his pcp because he was dealing with a scratchy throat and excess saliva for about 6 weeks. They sent him for a neck CT scan which came back Friday before last with what the radiologist thought was Squamous Cell Carcinoma. They were able to work him in that next Monday with an ENT who scoped him and thought it looked like that as well. The ENT worked him into his surgical schedule on Tuesday for biopsies and we’re waiting for the pathology on those to come back. He was referred to a Radiologist Oncologist and they wanted him to come in on the following day.
On that day, last Wednesday, he was scanned for that mesh thing for radiation AND also had us see another oncologist for chemo as well. We were told that the original scan he had showed the cancer at the base of the tongue as well as cells growing into the front of the tongue. They also did another CT scan of the head and chest with no results from that yet and scheduled him for a PET scan on 5/22.
They want to start treatment now but he needs two teeth extracted and that will take place this coming week and he needs two weeks to heal from that before treatment begins.
We. Are. Reeling. I can’t help but feel like there’s more bad news coming because of the speed at which everything has gone this week alone.
Has anyone else experienced this type of beginning?
How can I prepare myself to be the best caregiver?
Desperate for advice.
Sorry so long!