OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 | Update:
They decided to pull tooth 19 (which had several root canals) prior to radiation. Also discovered the previous pain was due to gum damage during TORS.
Will have 30 radiation sessions beginning 6/13. No info yet on the number of Grays (Gy)
I go in for simulation tomorrow.
Keep fighting friends!
Me -- currently 53 years old
SCC diagnosed 3/7/2017 at age 48
Staging SCC HPV+ T0,N1 primary unknown
PET 3/16, no activity, biopsies 3/23 benign
TORS surgery identified 2mm tumor in BOT (vallecula)
Cancer restaged T1, N2, M0
Begin 30 sessions of radiation (60 Gy) 6/13
Completed radiation 7/24/2017
1st MRI clear 10/23/2017!!
2nd MRI clear 10/17/2018!
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