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My cancer was quite visible in that it blocked my right nostril then developed further as a lump in my throat which ended up getting so large it pushed my palette onto my tongue. Although visible, for about 4-5 months i kept getting doctors to prescribe antibiotics hoping that it was just an infection

Sorry don’t understand

Unfortunately the tumour was too large and close to important stuff (eg spinal column) for surgery so the choice was 7 weeks combined radiation and chemotherapy, a break, then another 3 months of chemo. Stage 3 is before what they call mestasis which is where a cancer spreads to other parts of the body or gets into bone tissue etc. I was lucky in that the tumour just filled whatever cavities if could find (eg nose, throat, ear canals) and did not attack other tissues. Interestingly, you can only do radiation therapy on a particular part of your body once only so if the tumour comes back in the same place, my options will be limited to surgery and chemo.

Thank goodness, I thought I had missed something there :-)

I was diagnosed in November 2017, clear PET scan July 2018, so 9 months