LillyFoo I just read your post and we are in the same situation . My mother is scheduled for her second surgery on Tuesday 9/23/14 . My moms cancer has recurred in the floor of her mouth. My mom has completed her radiation treatments after the first surgery in which half her jaw bone was removed. But the cancer came rite back . We really hate to see my mom go through such a brutal surgery again. We are now thinking about calling off the surgery and trying to find out if there is another kind of treatment available somewhere. I live in New Orleans La. and we are now thinking about driving to Texas at MD Anderson. We just don't know which is the way to go at this point. I cant say my moms Surgical Oncologist is not a great doctor. He did a wonderful job on her first surgery . He has informed us that surgery is the only hope at getting rid of this cancer. I am so exhausted mentally that I just don't want to make the wrong decision and the cancer gets worse
Last edited by sweetpe1; 09-20-2014 08:25 PM.
Sweetpe Caregiver RE:My Mother Age 70 Non Smoker SCC 3/4/2014 Left rear jaw Mandiblctmy 3/25/2014 35RAD Completed on 06/03/2014 MRI 9/3/2014 25mm lobulated recurrence left mandible/floor of mouth carcinoma 9/23/14 Salvage Surgery MET(s) 9/23/14 Salvage Surgery Not Successful Chemo Recommended 1st Round of Cisplatin Chemo Started 10/20/14 Cisplatin stopped 11/20/14. Side affects to bad. Chemo started again 1/22/15 Carbo/Docetaxel Passed Away April 22,2015
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