As he does each time I see him, my ENT performed another nasal endoscopy today. He said the nasopharynx still looks red from possible inflammation but the area is more and more concave, which is good and normal.
He has ordered a MRI for the head and neck. I see him again next month, when we will make a decision on a possible biopsy of the nasopharynx.
I continue to cough up bloody phlegm each morning, which is probably a semi-permanent side effect of all the radiation I've had (IMRT and CyberKnife). My ENT says he has one nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient who continues to have bloody phlegm three years post treatment.
Happy Valentine's Day to my wife! I love you.
An excellent article on surgery for recurrent NPC http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1656473/pdf/skullbasesurg00028-0005.pdf with comments by Dr. Fee at Stanford.
