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| | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) |  Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Hello again  Im sorry you have returned due to having post rad issues. Aspiration pneumonia is common with OC radiated patients. It sounds like you have already been thru the testing. Just checking to make sure you have had a swallow test and consulted with a speech pathologist as well as a nutritionist? If not those are the avenues I would advise you to take. Ive seen some OC patients who have lost their ability to swallow and been forced to become dependent on a permanent feeding tube. In time, they have been very successful living a quality life even with the tube. Best wishes!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | |
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