 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Peter, sounds as if you're getting great advice from a good doc. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's just what you say it is, teeth grinding! Let us know what your primary says about the lump.
For the record, I'm being treated by docs operating out of St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica (although one - the MO I saw a few times - is a UCLA professor) and they're top notch. We're lucky to live in a city with great medical personnel everywhere.
David 2
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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