My wife and I saw the surgeon today and got the results of all the tests. I have a T3 nomo on my right tonsil which is also on the roof of my mouth and a little on the base of my tongue. My lymph nodes are mormal size and my lungs look good. It is all not rosie but could have been much worse. They are planning to insert a feeding tube prior to surgery and plan on removing the tumor and using a pech muscle from my chest to rebuild my throat. I see the rd onocoligest on Friday and plan on asking him if my chances are
as good without the surgery. The surgeon says if you have the rd first and than require surgery it would be more dangerous due to the damage from the radation. I tend to agree with him. I am a small man to begin with and he told me i will lose at least 20 lbs. I only weigh 136 now. I plan on eating like a pig for the next seven days.
My son is a us marine and has been in the war since February, the red cross got him a 30 day leave, he arrives home in two days. We haven't seen him for 1-1/2 years. We are thankful for that. I had trays made at my dentist to soak my teeth in floride during the radation treatments.(a tip from Gary A.)Thank you Gary. I think I am getting over the poor me part of this and am ready to fight like hell to survive this. This website has helped me more than anything else. You will see more posts from me as i have alot of questions yet. Any advice is appre. Dan