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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Hi Chuck, I can't speak to numbers and percentages and the rest, but I do agree a second opinion from another Cancer Center is a good idea. I do think, however, that in saying 'yes' to radiation you very well may be saying 'farewell' to your career as a trumpet player and while I certainly understand your desire to heal and just move on with your life, as someone who has lived for 19 years as a cancer survivor (lymphoma in '91 and oral cancer in '08), I'll also add that a cancer diagnosis is a game changer.
- Margaret
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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