Hi all
I want to ask you folks a couple of questions. See the questions, then below see why I am asking:

  • Has anyone heard of Radiation machines faulting and having to be restarted while the patient is in there? TOMO 2-3 times a week it would shut down while I was in it?
  • Has anyone heard of Radiation machines breaking down on a regular basis while they are getting boosts or just using that type of machine? (I forget the name of the boost machine)
    My boost machine was also needing repair three of the five days I needed it. They actually tried to postpone my last treatment because it was down.
  • Can anyone suggest what I might do nutritionally and medically to raise my odds against having to go through the hyperbarrick and surgery route? (SP)

I saw a dentist today at UVA (University of Virginia hospital) and was told the ulcer I have been speaking about in the forum is a radiation ulcer. The dentist also saw exposed bone in that area. This is about a BOM with a skin graft that detached after it became ulcerated. I had been complaining about pain in this area for months and doctors kind of assumed it was from the radiation treatments and surgery. They never really looked at the surgery area until a month after radiation. They said this was normal.

The dentist said that I am healing slowing in this area. He gave me a strong rinse and scheduled an appointment in a month.

Last edited by hisnibs; 11-11-2009 07:59 PM.
Age 52, T2 N0 M0 SCC of left anterior floor of mouth. Esophagoscopy, Direct laryngoscopy, Resection of left anterior FOM lesion w/ lateral tongue. left selective neck dissection levels I-IV. 5x6cm skin graft coverng excision. Finished 33-35 rad Tx. False recurrence 12-22-10 last surgery 2-15-10