OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 118 | Tammy, Wow thank you...I felt like was the only one out there having gone through all of this.
I hope you don't mind but I have some questions that I never even thought to ask the Dr. Now supposedly this will be a partial glossectomy from the base forward on the right side. They don't think there are nodes involved this time. They are going to cut from ear to ear exactly where they cut for the lary. Did your husband have to alot of reconstruction on the outside of the neck and or face?
I hope Kris is getting along with his TEP. Reggie really sounds close to what he sounded like with his real voice. It's very strong and deep just like before.He has even tried hard to use the hands free TEP but because his stoma is so deep his base plates tend to blow out right away because of the amount of pressure needed.
Thanks again Tammy.
Bette
Bette/CG to husband Reggie 66
dx 1: SCC Soft Palate (12/06) tx: chemo and rad
dx 2: SCC 6 cm tum rt. vocal chord (12/09) tx: total laryngectomy with stoma, 2 nodes
dx 3: SCC 4 cm tum BOT (10/16/12) Tx: partial gloss w/ mod deck dis 4 nodes incl. part. pharyngectomy
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