| Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | I have had 27 of my 33 IMRT treatments. Two or three weeks ago I noticed two small raised white areas on the side of my tongue (the larger is about the size of a pencil lead). I did not have SCC and you could not see any sign of my original tumor by just looking at the surface tissue. I finally asked my RO about the white patches today. He said they are scar tissue from the radiation and will go away-- nothing to worry about. However, there is this little paranoid thought nagging me because I have learned from reading all the posts from SCC patients that white patches are a concern. So I am wondering if anyone else developed patches like this during radiation therapy and if they did go away?
Susan Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland. 10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck. T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22. Never smoked, light social drinker Also happen to be ICU RN | | | | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I had white patches and some were mouth sores and sometimes it was thrush. Eventually it all resolved. The thrush required an antifungal like Diflucan.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
| | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | Thanks Gary-- makes me feel much better (not that I don't trust my RO, but helps to hear it from someone who has been through it!)
Susan Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland. 10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck. T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22. Never smoked, light social drinker Also happen to be ICU RN | | |
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