 "OCF across the pond" Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 56 | This is a very interesting subject.
I had my white patches on my tongue for almost 15 years, with no trouble at all, until:
December 2011: I caught norovirus at work, then a few weeks later the patches changed shape. (Biopsy was negative).
June 2013: I again caught norovirus at work, then a few weeks later the patches "exploded" into life, ulcerating, eroding, necrotising... this time it WAS cancer.
And the rest of the story is in my signature!
Just makes me wonder if it hit when I was at a low ebb, in some way.
Mar 99 white patch tongue
Dec 11 white patch changed shape. biopsy neg
Sep 13 white patch ulcerated. Biopsy
Nov 13 diag Tongue SCC T2N2BM0 poorly Differ.
Dec 13 Hemigloss. neck dissect.Trach.Caldwell Luc (suspect cysts inside face, neg), teeth out. forearm flap, abdo graft
Feb 14 PEG tube
Feb/Mar 14. 30 x radio 60gy Grade 3 Mucositis, burns, hair loss, very ill. Nerve damage ear neck shoulder
Jun 14 *now* PEG out. Have lost 98 lbs in 1 yr. Anorexia. Dysphagia, liquids only. Dysphasia. Fatigue.
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