All scans for last year were clear, now CT shows enlarged lymph nodes and lung nodules. Please give me some hope!
I was diagnosed Dec 2024 with stage 3B SCC, started Interlace protocol. Finished treatment March 2025. 3 month post treatment MRI/CT scans showed no viable tumour but now the follow up CT last month shows enlarged lymph nodes in three places (para aortic, mediastinal, supraclavicular) and some small lung nodules.
Has anyone ever had similar findings and confirmed it was something other than metastasis? Or if you had metastasis, was treatment successful for you? The prognosis of recurrent cervical cancer is pretty dismal. Testing in early treatment showed that the cancer is PD-L1 positive which is good (in Canada, pembro is limited to second line treatment from what I understand. I did not get it with my initial treatment).
I’m a single parent of 3 teens, I’m self-employed so no disability insurance. I worked throughout my initial treatment with some minor modifications. I also just can’t stop thinking about the possibility of not seeing my kids grow up.
I will be meeting with my oncologists on Monday and they’ve ordered a biopsy of the supraclavicular node. They’re going to get treatment scheduled pending the biopsy so there’s no delay if the biopsy confirms metastasis.
Not sure what exactly I’m asking here. I guess I’m just hoping for some kind of hope or stories of positive outcomes with second line treatments, or even any stories of the nodes NOT being malignant. I know that’s not very likely but where would we be without hope?