 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Hi Jeff. Welcome but sorry you have to be here. Everyone seems to stay in hospital for a different length of time, depending on what they do and how your body reacts. The removal of lymph nodes is called a neck disection and they will test the removed nodes to be sure they do not contain cancer cells. What have they told you so far about your diagnosis? Are you being treated at a cancer center? HUGE advantage to being treated at a cancer Center is that all the disciplines which might be involved in your care make decisions jointly and you benefit from the expertise of surgeons, radiation doctors and chemotherapy doctors. Keep posting with your questions!
Donna
Last edited by Pandora99; 11-04-2012 11:42 PM.
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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