I just passed the 3 month mark after my surgery for throat cancer caused by the HPV virus back in May. In a way it feels weird – like it’s just a distant memory and I think – did that really happen? In other ways my life is still somewhat affected by it as you’ll […]
My Journey With HPV Throat Cancer – Recovery At Home
To start at the beginning of my HPV Journey, you can read this post first but if you’ve read them all, let’s continue with recovering at home. It definitely felt good to be home from the hospital – to be able to wear all of my own clothes and sleep in my own bed. I […]
10 Questions To Ask Your ENT Surgeon When Diagnosed With HPV Throat Cancer
Back on March 30, 2018 I got diagnosed with HPV Throat Cancer. 3 lymph nodes were removed from the left side of my neck – two tested positive, one negative. Since it was HPV related, they still needed to find the source -meaning where the cancer was coming from and also to see if it […]
My Journey With HPV Throat Cancer – Surgery & Recovery
Unlike most cases, the source of my HPV cancer was in my throat at the back of my tongue and NOT in my cervix. I had 2 lymph nodes on the left side of my neck also test positive for HPV. Fortunately everything was operable! My surgery was a two part procedure. They were taking […]
My Journey With HPV Throat Cancer – Testing & Diagnosis
If you just got here, you can catch up from the beginning by starting with this post. At this point in the story I was told I had HPV Throat Cancer but we still didn’t know exactly where it was coming from. Everything happened really fast – April was a very busy month full of […]