 "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 | Ooohhhh my goodness yeah, the horrible trache and the suction machine.... that sound used to haunt me. I still have the occasional nightmare about that and probably will for the rest of my second life. My trache blocked up about a week after my first surgery and I had a cardiac arrest. I left this planet for a while and was brought back to life by an IC doctor David and his trusty machine!!!!
46 yrs:
Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0
Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs
30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin,
30 x HBO
Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy
(hip bone to reconstruct jaw)
Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw
Mar'09 Debulk flap
Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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