Chemotherapy (is what they wanna give me)

I just got a call from Dr. A.  He said (as I suspected) that the mass in my tongue is larger than he hoped, which means that we'll have to go the chemotherapy/radiation route rather than surgery/radiation.

The good news is that the biopsy was positive for the P-16 marker, which indicates that the cancer is HPV-related, and that the prognosis is still good.

So, the treatment will be longer and harder than I was hoping, but I still have a good chance to come out cancer free.

Next steps are consultations with the radiation oncologist and the medical oncologist (chemo).