Hello everyone i hope you are all keeping well in this unsual time, it seems so long ago since i posted about my cancer, i was diagnosed with cancer of the ear canal back in November 2019 after living such a health life this was a great shock to me. In January 2020 i underwent major surgery and had the cancer removed from my ear alongside everything else in the ear lymph nodes also removed in my neck and soft tissue from my leg replaced in the ear and some of the jaw the operation took 11 hours in total but i was told it was a success and they managed to get all the cancer, and no cancer in the lymph nodes but i would require Radiotheray to blast any cells that the naked eye could not see, so my six weeks of radiotherapy started on the 4 th March and finished on the 10th April 6 weeks tomorrow and i feel that i am recovering well. I have been discharged from the hospital who did this and am now back with my hospitl team, i have had a telephone review today with the consultant who feels i have progressed really well and will telephone again in six weeks, if any change i must contact them, when i was at the hospital i asked them if they would scan my ear and they said no as it would look inflammed and would be on no benefit, I also asked the consultant today and he said you have had the surgery and the radiotherapy and we got all the cancer so there is no benefit to scan you currently but i am worried if there is any cancer left i remeber one of the consultants saying to me we will monitor you every couple of months and then it will get longer as time goes on then every 4 month 6 months etc should i insist on a scan when i have my next consultation or am i being paranoid thank you in advance
