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Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 346 Likes: 3 | Thank you both! This confirms my gut instinct.
The doc had said it was a shot, but the papers he gave us referred to an IV pricedure. For a daily thing, that seemed pretty major. And the effects justvseemed nasty. I think I will decline this option for now.
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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