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#830 03-12-2003 05:30 PM
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Gary,
I am not sitting around so much anymore. I played 18 holes of golf today. But the pain in my right arm socket area persists whenever I reach out of up or around. It is minor pain, but still annoying.

Keep up the good work.

Danny G.


Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.
#831 03-14-2003 08:55 AM
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The MRI came back clean of problems in the neck or nodes. I'm looking for seconds and thirds on whether radiation is necessary, or in what order treatment should happen.

I've scheduled surgery for March 26 and will be getting the 2nd opinions next week. I'm scheduled at Mission Hospital, and looking into City of Hope.

Anyone have any experience with either of these two?

#832 03-14-2003 12:29 PM
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Hi Steve,
I have a stage III SCC in the right tonsil and they gave me the same odds of survival with rad/chemo vs. surgery. They said that the morbidity with surgery would have been higher because it would have been a 12 hour procedure and bleeding and infection would have been potential problems. And they would have given radiation anyway. I opted to go with rad/chemo and yes, it did make me sick for a while. I also opted to go with IMRT to minimize damage to healthy tissues and salivary glands. So far, so good, I have 3 treatments to go and no evidence of the tumor. These are all very tough choices to make and I recommend that you do your homework as to the different treatment options out there. You will have to be your own advocate.


Gary Allsebrook
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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)
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