Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Keep a good eye on it. I was 70% in Decemeber and by June was 90%. Surgery was first week of September and had I waited any longer, they would not have been able to do it. The stent is fairly low on surgical complications although I did have a couple of interns that did their best to kill me. What a comedy of errors.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- 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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