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| Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 111 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 111 | Your new normal is what you make of it. Look at the positives. Your cancer free. You can still chew and swallow and your speech hasn't been impacted to much. The swelling will go down. it takes time and that's something you now have. Look around the next time your back in the hospital or doctors office for follow up appointments. There are many people in the oral cancer world that would give anything to be as well as you. Remember that and be thankful for the life you have.
1997 SCC Tumor on tongue - Partial Gloss 1997 Met to Lymph Radical Neck Dissection / 2nd Partial Gloss 6 weeks chemo and radiation Brachytherapy 2011 Stroke 2014 Recurrence SCC at Base of Tongue / Hemi-gloss Free Flap reconstr from thigh PEG Tube Radiation Permanent Issues with speech and swallowing 2018 - Bleeding throat / mouth 2019 - Bleeding throat / mouth 2019 - 3rd diag Cancer SCC Base of mouth / jawbone 2019 - Aug remove portion of jaw / right pec det / free flap closure and tongue | | | | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 5 Member | OP Member Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 5 | Thank you for your kind words of encouragement! I do seem to get rather impatient. I agree, 6 weeks is really not long enough, specially after this kind of surgery. Will hang in there and be positive. I'm sure attitude and state of mind affect recovery as well. | | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 61 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 61 | I hope all is going well for you ,Samar.
04/21/17 Biopsy at ENT 04/25/17 Biopsy result SCC on left side tongue 04/27/17 CT Scans--shows shallow tumor 05/02/17 Pre-op 05/03/17 Surgery to remove tumor 05/08/17 Cancer still present 05/10/17 2nd surgery- 06/05/17 PET on 6th, RADS start on 06/20/17 07/11/17 Halfway point! 08/01/17 Last treatment 11/1/17 Cancer is back 11/15/17 Emory University surgery. neck dissection, left lymph nodes removed, tongue free flap from left arm with skin graft. | | |
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