OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 101 | I am wondering if anyone has ever had Dysphagia occur later- post treatments. Erik is 1 year out from his last re-occurance and is having trouble swallowing and choking alot. Of course the docs are all over this, getting PET, scope and meeting with the surgeon first thing next week- Im really hoping that there could be an alternative (like narrowing of esophogus) that could be caused by his radiation treatments- but he is three years out from radiation. So I guess my question is..if he hasnt had any problems in the last 3 years with swallowing (except no saliva) could he have reactions to the chemo/rads this far out?
Caregiver to Erik -1st DX 12/22/2005 SCC of Tongue, T3N1M0, hemi-glossectomy,60 nodes removed, carboplatnin,Erbitux, 35Rads. Reoccurrence T1N0M0 4/14/08-partial glossectomy-16 weeks Erbitux and Taxol- 3rd reoccurrence 5/18/12- partial glossectomy
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