 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I took the info from my sizing, using Markus's .33mm, plus the quotes from GT's PEG guy, and passed them on to my CCC at UW so they can consider getting PEG done *before* surgery -- Not only results in better PEG, but in my case it did away with the need for a Naso-Gastric Tube and some in-hospital PEG blockages.
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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