 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Your sisters teeth will not fall out from radiation. That is a myth. She will need to take special care of them while going thru radiation. Radiation has many side effects such as giving SOME patients difficulty in eating, swallowing. Everyone is different, some sail right thru treatments while others struggle. Your sister is young which is to her benefit as she should recover quicker than someone who is more senior.
Has your sister considered going for a second opinion? Surgeons cut and it seems that it was possible that one teeny tiny cell could have been missed during the last surgery for it to reappear so quickly.
Best of luck to you and your sister.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
