 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Patty,
The only way you'll ever know is to ask those hard questions. And yes, home is great, but so is being where your Mom can get the best care. One of the most common pieces of advice given on this forum is to be seen at a Comprehensive Cancer Center for treatment, not a single doctor who just parses out their piece of the puzzle. Radiation is tiring, but its very survivable and I think your Mom deserves to know all of her options.
-Margaret
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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