Thank you n74tg for teaching me the new 'hulk out the un-digested food that didn't get fully swallowed' method I will definitely have to try that, without panic of course! But now that you mention the dry sinuses problem, I am finally starting to notice it haha.. Ughh why'd you have to say something about that side effect that I didn't know I was diagnosed with until NOW! Lol it's probably all in my head, I'll learn to cope with it. You don't know how strong you are, until being strong is the only option. Attitude is KEY to beating your fight, thank you for the compliment and input.
Hello ChristineB, Yes having the PEG tube pulled was a nice turning point in my recovery process, and I hope all that are dealing with it will be able to obtain the same freedom as I. And I agree, I would rather have a desert mouth rather than the thick gunky mucous days haha, glad that came to a hault! I'm looking forward to any slight improvements that come my way. Thank you for the hopefully thoughts and warm welcomings.
And to Anne-Marie, you have helped my family out in more ways than you know. So I would like to tell you that we appreciate all your thoughts and words. My sister truly is one of a kind for all the information she has gathered for me. P.S. I would rather have the re-resection of the tongue with the reconstruction and neck dissection 3 times before I have to deal with Rads just ONCE. So to all that are worried about just the surgery, it's not as bad as you imagine 6 months out and I completely forgot about my 10 day hospital stay.
Male, 23 year old�Dx 6/17/14 with SCC R Lateral tongue CT scan clear lymph nodes 6/20/14 HPV-, form-smoker, casual drinker Right Hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14 (Not reccurrence but went to NCCC instead) Right neck diss., trach, radial free flap, right tongue diss. surg 8/11/14 PT1N2B..3 positive lymph nodes out of 13 Extranodal extension present 9-15-14 IMRT (35x) and Cisplatin (2x) begun 10-21-14 peg in. 11-4-14 IMRT rx comp. 1-9-15 peg out 3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, Left neck diss. 10-29-15 passed away
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