 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Actually I don't remember the teeth cleaning hurting at all. My tongue was tender as hell but the gums were OK. I didn't get the horrible radiation sores many of you develop although I did have horrible mucous. The dental surgeon that removed my 16 rear teeth also checked my mouth every two weeks because I still had healing to do when I started radiaiton. I kept getting these tiny bone spurs that would push through the gum that he had to file down. Oh fun and games, I'd forgotten all about that part.
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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