 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Groc, one thing you will learn from being here, a second opinion is necessary! Please dont just opt for surgery cuz this oral surgeon who is not a regular doctor of yours tells you to. Oral surgeons are exactly that....surgeons. Surgeons cut and once its gone, its gone. Please get another opinion before you do anything. Now that you know what it is and that you have it, if it would change at all you will be right on top of it. Please keep posting and get more responses from people who have been exactly where you are.
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  | 
