question: two weeks ago I had a lump removed. supra-clavicular, left side. biopsy showed cancer...the theory is that I had an abcess removed from my scalp...feb or march of 2013.....crown of my head that was always getting banged when I d get into the buses and vans here. That removal in a simple Dr. office never had a biopsy. dumb. I know. While working and not wanting to take time off etc. I had this lump grow....assumed it was a giant lipoma. HA! should have done some internet looking back then....but I ve always felt that one way you can convince yourself you have a really weird, morbid disease, is to go looking for trouble. So I finally get this lumped checked out....I first had sonograms of the neck, shoulder areas, thyroid etc. and a chest xray. they take the 3cm mass out. and once I was told it was cancer I went to the local cancer institute here in Cochabamba Bolivia. I have had sonograms of breasts, arm pits. intravaginal....plus regular exams like pap smear etc. The icing on the cake is when I had to get the tomography. of my head, sinuses...and then of the abdomen. no other lumps nor bumps found....(just confirmed that my gall stone hasn t gotten any bigger...that I have some yucky problems with my back bonedegenerating. (I m 62 yr old ) female. Had one pregnancy and normal delivery when I was 33, nursed for two and a half years. Periods were always like clock work but quite heavy. tomorrow I go in to get the decision of the team.....I m pretty sure it will be to have radiation from my clavicula up the side of the neck. That is what the oncologist said Friday when I turned in all my films and lab. oh ya. lab. great lab. no markers out of wack etc. my question....Why would radiation help something that maybe is floating around in all my body at this point....The abcess process was over a year and the lipoma another year nearly. If everything is clear then why go thru the traumatic radiation..... might the diets....vegetarian type, no sugar, chocolate, junk etc be as useful? Will I not have to continue to go in for checkups from time to time with or without the radiation anyway? We do not have insurance here. We have been doing some school teaching....but there are no benifits there either. well, I should have just sent you my diary I guess.....didn t know the novel-itis was lurking in my finger tips.