OP Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 346 Likes: 3 | Oh, Paul, I see what you are saying. Would it not show on a scan though?
I guess I will see the ENT's recommendations at our follow up on Wednesday. I will be very surprised if I am even swallowing other than liquids by then. I had no idea a tongue could swell so much.
Surgery 5/31/13 Tongue lesion, right side SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated T1N0 based on biopsy and scan Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes 12/2/13 follow-up with concerns 12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned 1/8/14 Port installed PEG installed Chemo and rads 2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June 2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia Fall 2017: HBOT Jan 18: oral surgery
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