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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 26 | i'm only about 6 months out from radiation and 3 from surgery but so far everything is cool. A dentist I saw at UCSF told me I'm 8 times as likely as a normal person to have gum disease and other dental problems now.
Diagnosed 6/05. Stage III SCC of the oral tongue. Nodes showed negative upon biopsy. 7/25/05 started Chemo of Cisplatin & Erbitux & 30 IMRT Sessions + daily Ethyol. 12/9/05, 75% hemi-glossectomy. Recovering since.
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