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| Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 74 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 74 | I'm having robotic surgery - partial glossectomy on my left base of tongue Oct 11 and am scheduled with a speech pathologist for a baseline exam beforehand. Any pointers on what to ask?
mausmarrow.com Age 59 ex-smoker 1989 1/10 dx MDS (blood cancer) 2010-11 21 cycles Vidaza 11/10 Bone Marrow Transplant 8/31/12 dx SCC left BOT HPV 16+ T1N2cM0 10/11/12 TORS partial glossectomy clear margins 10/24/12 bilateral ND/ii-iv 92 nodes all clear 10/30/12 dx revised T1N0M0 no chemo or rads
| | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | I would ask how many patients in similar situations they have treated successfully. How often a year do they see a person with a partial glossectomy? ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | |
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