 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If you got referal to an ENT and told them about the suspicious area, they would probably see you right away. I had just joined my HMO (which has a primary care physician first refering policy) and I called directly to the head & neck department. When I told them of the dentist suspicions they saw me the very next day and even performed a biopsy on the spot.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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