Hi everyone,
I'm a mid sixty year old facing something I thought would never happen again, especially after a negative bx in 2008. Six months ago I was having soreness midway on the right side of my tongue. A concern because of previous history. My ENT physician thought the problem was from my teeth rubbing against the tongue, my dentist checked and determined it wasn't....back to ENT and a round of antibiotics and triamcinolone. Soreness became worse and lump in neck appeared. Biopsy results last week of recurrent cancer was quite a shock.
Now facing possible removal of half my tongue and free forearm flap. Scary to say the least. Also, removal of all mandibular teeth for later radiation therapy to both sides of neck.
Physicians and staff of Tumor Board at local hospital were very thorough with facts about treatment but would appreciate patient experiences and advice.