@katrina123
I had a squamous cell carcinoma tumor on my lower lip. Surgically cut out on July 30 - I had to go under full general anesthesia. Clean margins on first pass so that was good. Lip healed sickly. Then the pathology report - turns out the tumor was deep and had invaded the nerves (perineural invasive squamous cell carcinoma). So now I’m receiving radiation to my lower lip. 30 total treatments - my last one is this Friday - yay!!
I had a full body PET/CT before treatment started and it showed no spread. Will have scans and full body dermatology exams every 3 months for the foreseeable future. Squamous cell carcinoma tumors can be very bad!