 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I had absolutely no symptoms which is one of the reasons the doctor at HUP decided not to do the stent. My GP had picked up a gurgling sound in my neck on a routine BP visit and sent me for an utlra sound of the carotid. Mine was so occluded, one spot looked like someone had tied a string around it and pulled it tight. They said the neck dissection was the reason the artery was making several U turns and the reason that the only option is a stent. They don't want to operate on that area again.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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