 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Geez. My periodontist scaled my teeth every two weeks during radiation and has been cleaning/scaling them every two months since for the last 12 years. Maybe the reason they clean mine so often is so they won't have to go so deep. I'll have ask.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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