 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I see you making decisions based on the wrong criteria, like scars, nerve damage and even the PEG (Pour the food in the tube vs drink the food, barf it up and have to drink it again...) -- IMHO, your judgment is flawed, perhaps just seizing on the things you can easily understand.
Your ENT is just one person; likely a CCC will see more cases like yours in one year than he will in a lifetime of practice.
You are risking everyone standing around your coffin remarking "He looks great without scars"...
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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