 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | An oral surgeon told me that I shouldn't be using mouthwash with alcohol -- It's the irritant on the mouth cells that is the problem -- I asked him if it was OK, from a cancer standpoint, to shoot the stuf into my veins and he admitted that way would be alright, just not putting it into my mouth!
Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer choice!
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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