 Senior Member (75+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 80 | Leah,
My surgery was very similar to what they are recommending for your mother. If that's the path your mother ends up taking I would be happy to relay any information I can from my experience.
I can't agree with the posts above more. She should get a second opinion and make sure the surgeon has a lot of experience with this type of surgery.
Keep posting here and ask any questions you want. The folks here are so helpful and made my trek through this nasty stuff so much easier.
Jennifer
Jennifer
Stage II (T2N0M0) SCC diag 4/21/05; partial glossectomy & selective neck dissection (good margins and lymyph nodes negative), jaw split, 1/3 of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - 5/23/05; 42 years old at diagnosis
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