 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | No direct experience with trumpet playing, David, but I know what surgery and radiation have done to my mouth and body and how long its taken to feel even vaguely 'normal.' Years ago, I played the oboe and remember well the level of work it took to be my best. I also know how competitive the performance/music business is and how quickly you can be forgotten if you drop out of sight for even just a few months. I could be totally wrong, of course, but like everyone else here, I'm offering my thoughts and experience and opinion.
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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