 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Dannyboy went out playing golf with a PEG tube and Digtexas did as well. Has he seen a counselour for depression. It is very common at this stage. Skin grafts and flaps are tough. Flaps do make swallowing challenging even if they don't fail. There main purpose is bulking up the area where the tumor was resected. The flap will not function as a normal swallowing mechanism.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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