 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | [quote=ak123] Hi uptown- they removed the feeding tube because he can now eat on his own. He just did the big surgery on 8/11 wouldn't it be too soon to do radiation? I worried about it getting close to the lungs too. They did remove them. Does that make a difference? [/quote]
I wasn't sure for your post which node the doctor felt would be cancerous versus the 2 the doctor was surprised about after pathology. The other 2 would indicate to me they didn't show up on any scans. That would make me suspicious of others and I would think radiation would be necessary.
Once squamous cell carcinoma gets a good blood supply, i.e lungs, it takes off. That's why I would want the most effective treatment available, which is chemoradiation.
As far as how quick after surgery, it depends on how extensive the surgery was.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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