OP  "OCF Down Under, Kiwi" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 644 Likes: 1 | Thanks, people. One more day of the uncomfortable tongue bite and tight, tight mask. I'll sort of miss the staff though. They took good care of me.
Side effects are bad now though. An ulcer has broken out in the skin of my cheek. No bothering me physically but worries me a little. Nausea is hard to get rid of and the thought of putting food in my mouth is anathema to me. I just make up a milkshake with Fortisip 4 times a day and have one weetbix with milk.
My constant companion is my laptop. When things get a bit slow I look things up on Wikipedia or watch episodes of Coronation Street. I did slip outside to dig up some new edgings for my garden, something I can manage for about 10 minutes. Also tried to take a close-up of a newly hatched Monarch butterfly but it took fright at the sight of me and flew uncertainly into the bushes.
1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.
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