 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Sounds to me like you were not treated at a cancer center. I really suggest checking into one for a second opinion.
About doctors, we all want to be comfortable and like our physicians. But, some of the very best doctors have lousy bedside manners. I would much rather have a doctor who wasnt quite so nice and they were top notch than to have one I really liked but they werent on the ball. Alot of surgeons are arrogant but remember he works for YOU. Dont let him dissuade you from asking questions. If it were me I would keep right on asking them maybe even repeat a few if the doc wasnt being clear. Thats just my 2 cents.
What kind of follow up care do you have? Most patients get scoped and have either a CT or PET to ensure they are doing ok. Sounds like its not a bad idea to get yourself another ENT. Hopefully at a cancer center where they will have a team based approach and everyone is all on the same page.
I hope this turns out to be nothing serious and that its just scar tissue acting up.
Best wishes!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
