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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 493 | Whenever I read comments here, and talk with others who are or have been receiving cancer treatments, I realize how lucky I am with the care I have received. Both my RO and my MO insisted I get a PEG, and they made it clear that if I needed pain medication I should have it! Everyone that I had to deal with during my treatment was kind and caring. This is a big shout-out to the wonderful people at the North Coast Cancer Center in Sandusky, Ohio! What an amazing group of folks!
Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.
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