OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | I feel pretty much back to normal except for not being able to feel the left side of my tongue or taste on that side. I keep chewing my tongue up pretty good (guess it is a good thing I can't feel it, cause it would really hurt!). I am actually going back to work in two days! Jumping right back in-- doing 12 hour shifts Friday and Saturday. My radiation oncologist is still developing "the plan"-- I had the simulation last Thursday and then he wanted an MRI today due to artifact from dental work on the CT. Now the plan is to start radiation 11/22. I feel so normal I keep wondering if I really need to go through this. . . not looking forward to it at all!
Susan Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland. 10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck. T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22. Never smoked, light social drinker Also happen to be ICU RN |