OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 95 | Anne,
I know that too many doctors / dentists are not necessarily good. The tooth that was extracted and the root canal tooth are next to each other so I gather the whole area is infected at this point. The oncologist is the one we trust the most and he is at a cancer center in Mobile, AL which is affiliated with MD Anderson. I did call the hyperbaric clinic and they don�t really know much either told us to call the oncologist, or the dentist or the ENT. The oncologist will be in Monday, The oncologist has an oral surgeon who he referred us to previously and maybe we can see him again. This oral surgeon is also not �cancer� oral surgeon, but the oncologist did refer us to him. He just saw Michael once, thought that both teeth should be extracted ASAP � about a year ago. Michael didn�t want to do that at that time. Now he had one of them extracted and the root canal on the other. Life just gets too complicated sometimes. I guess I just want someone to promise me it will all get better soon and life can go on. Hopefully the antibiotics will take care of the infection.
Thank you.
Barbara S C/G to Michael age 64, stage 1 base of tongue SC cancer and a stage one for a couple lymph nodes, diagnosed 09/12/06, IMRT radiation 10/24/06 to 12/05/06 , last PET / CT scan 11/7/11 - still cancer free!!!
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