 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | [quote=portland72]Yes, that is where I'm talking about. I pointed down my throat and
The ent put scope up my nose and said the lymphatic tissue below base of tongue looked a little irregular. Just a little more prominent than other side. So, yours actually looked like a tumor? What where your symptoms and did it show up on CT or MRI? [/quote]
Mine probably looked more like an open sore. Check out the pictures on the main website. I had a scratchy throat for 2 or 3 winters with a slight but persistent cough. I also had developed obstructive sleep apnea which went away after treatment. Other than an annoying lump in my neck, no other symptoms.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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