



laryngectomy is a horrible procedure for the patient. it can adversely affect his quality of life, for the rest of his life and Dr. Scholl believes he can cure me by only removing a small portion.





I can't tell you how relieved I was to hear this news. Cetuximab treatments are outrageously expensive. We're talking about 3000 dollars per treatment regimen, but that's not a worry any more.





Thanks to you.

In 6 to 8 weeks I will be re-evaluated and scheduled for the appropriate sugery, after another PET Scan at 4500 dollars, after another CAT scan, at 1800 dollars, and all the lab work that will ensue. But that's OK...





Thanks to you.

My special thanks to Matt Hartley who not only helped spread the word (saw it in real time in Google+ Ripples and it was amazing), he interviewed Thomas Knight on his Linux Action Show and let people know just how friggin awesome you people are.





I would be a terrible person if I did not mention one other shining light in this darkness.





One of my blog readers, in fact, many of my blog readers are doctors. One such doctor is

Dr Santam Chakraborty,

Assistant Professor with the Department of Radiation Oncology, Malabar Cancer Centre in India. While Dr. Santam could not offer any suggestions or treatment options due to the distance between us, once he found about the possible need for radical neck dissection, he contacted a surgeon friend of his who practices in India as well. Dr. Vinay Kumar, who is the





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