 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I hope she is being seen at a Comprehensive Cancer Center, or will at least have a second opinion from one as to an appropriate course of treatment.
Also, someone should be going along with her on the office visits because the patient can get so involved with trying to absorb the information that they just don't hear a lot of things.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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