Well as most of you know by now Linda found out she has Squamous Cell Carcinoma. It is a cancer that a lot of smokers and drinkers get. She had a enlarged gland on her neck, so she went to the ears, nose, and throat doc. He looked inside her mouth and noticed that her left tonsil was enlarged and funky looking. He prescribed a antibiotic for her that he called "the bomb". Well that caused her to come down with hives all over, she then tried another type of penicillin. Nothing was happening so she was scheduled for them (tonsils) to be removed. The surgeon ( not the same Dr. who examined her) was not happy to take them out but did so, he also had a biopsy done on the tonsils and on her neck. Positive.
Dr. James Clarke in St. George explained to us that she had a cancer of the throat, and that it would involve 7 weeks of radiation and chemo. She has also had a PET/CT scan for any other cancer in her body. Now the wait for the results. Then up North to get the treatment. Teeth Monday, and on to it.
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