Cancer
Since 2000, I have had Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC), a malignant salivary gland cancer. This page links to the various articles and blog posts I have written about it. If this is new to you, the best places to start are the story of my original operation and my reflections on one of the major lung operations.
Timeline
- 2000-07: initial lump appears in neck
- 2001-04: surgery to remove lump; diagnosis (8 weeks before university final exams)
- 2001-06: exploratory neck operation, repeated due to excessive bleeding (big writeup of this period)
- 2002-09: Scar revised to try and improve it
- 2005-01: Lump found in floor of mouth and partially removed; discovered to be primary; lumps found in lungs
- 2005-04: Second mouth operation to remove the rest; mouth floor repaired with part of tongue :-)
- 2005-12: More scans done of the lung metastases
- 2006-04: First lung cleaned out
- 2006-05: Second lung cleaned out
- 2006-06: Additional lump found in neck
- 2006-08: Lump removed; radiotherapy prescribed for the neck to reduce chance of local recurrence
- 2006-11: Radiotherapy (big writeup)
- 2007-10: 6cm lump found in liver (pictures)
- 2007-12: Liver lump removed
- 2009-04 Rediagnosed with lung metastases