OP "OCF Canuck" Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 33 | Joining this family is a bit like picking your parents. You can't; it doesn't work that way. So here I am, like it or not.
I just spent over an hour struggling to write some semblance of a new, comprehendable, signature in less than 500 characters. It's 493, so don't bother counting unless you are really bored!
Things have moved along. Yesterday, in Vancouver, I became radioactive for the F-FDG PET/CT scan. Later we met with the surgeon who plans a partial glossectomy and removal of some throat bits. I also signed up for a blue light procedure that is supposed to allow the surgeon to see the margins when cutting. Anybody had this?
Ja 2013 tongue, red sore spot, r/r edge + white strip underneath, no pain Al Bx on spot, strip, and vocal cords, lab rep benign Oc 24 Surgeon follow-up, larger Bx req'd Oc 25 Bx bits to Vanc. Cancer lab No 14 MD said more ca investig'n req'd No 19 Prince George CC, MRI & CT No 20 PGCC Oncol says cancer De 2 Vancouver Cancer Centre, PET/CT De 31 VGH partial glossX + ex spot on vocal cords
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