"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | I had 1 lymph node on the left side, then 4 years later 2 lymph nodes involved on the right side. Treatment for both cancer occurances was aggressive - and it needs to be. If they say things like "we'll wait and see......" or some such nonsense - what are they waiting for?? - waiting for it to be out of control??
When I had radiation the 1st time I was soooooo worried that I would never be able to have radiation again - that I would have burned that bridge. Not true anymore. Research has made many changes in protocol - and re-radiation is one of the improvements (under certain circumstances).
Find a Dr. who treats this aggressively - and you as the patient need to tell them you want them to "hit you with their best shot".
Good luck with the new Dr.
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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