Throat cancer - has anyone else been diagnosed?

@MONKEYDOG12 Hello Justin, thank you for starting this discussion. I'm sorry to hear that your radiation wasn't successful. We have a thread in our cancer group where people are introducing themselves and sharing their diagnoses, feel free to introduce yourself! I'll link it here:  What is your cancer diagnosis?

Let me tag some members who may be able to share their experience with throat cancer and radiation:

Hi everyone, how are you doing today?  What was your experience like with treatments for throat cancer? Did you go through radiation like Justin? Was it successful? Feel free to share here!

@Rmac2020‍ @shoot2thrill‍ @jtowers1‍ @Ashleyndickey4‍ @lynnlade49‍ @Atomsk83‍ @Kathryn‍ @Carolp‍ 

Take care,

Courtney

Hello everyone and especially Justin. I did not have radiation or chemo. My diagnosis was squamous cell cancer of the tonsil. The tumor was removed successfully after 12 hours of surgery. I was able to return to normal activity after several months of recovery. That was more than 10 years ago. Radiation was an option but I chose the surgery route after significant intervention by my wife, the surgeon and a lot of prayer. I am praying for your recovery. 

Thank you. That's a lot of recovery time must have been tough. I would have just went for surgery but it is taking out my voice box which unfortunately is going to happen anyway. It's nice to talk to people who are understanding. I really have no support around here. That's why I joined up.

@MONKEYDOG12 It has been awhile. How is it all going? Let me know if you need to chat.