I have been treated successfully at the North Coast Cancer Care Center in Sandusky, Ohio. I have been quite happy with the care I have received at North Coast both from the doctors and the support staff at the center. They are not a hospital, but an outpatient clinic, but the doctors are wonderful. My RO was trained at MD Anderson. This week the Cleveland Clinic acquired North Coast, keeping the doctors and staff intact. I wondered if anyone here has had experience with mergers of this kind or specifically with the Cleveland Clinic.

Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.