 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hi there!! Good luck... If you have a good surgeon (John Hopkins does) the surgery should go well and will do what it's supposed to... I'm sure it's hard for your family but if you listen to them it will give th cancer a chance to spread. When I found out I had tongue cancer I wanted it out - and couldn't wait to have surgery just knowing that they got it all (which is what I was told after the surgery) - made it so I could breathe again. The radiation and chemo was a safety net...  Hugs! You'll get through it.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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