My husband had hemiglossectomy and neck dissection 2 days ago. He is doing really well, and in spite of the sutures and mesh on the graft site his speech is remarkedly good. The plan is to go home with an NG tube until mesh on tongue and big holding suture come out next week and he transists to oral feeding. I am worried about our bed. Do any of you have any good short term solutions to elevating the head of a queen size bed ENOUGH. I can't see him sleep on in a recliner all the time. We are anxiously waiting pathology results, but frozen section from OR showed negative margins.
Kate, wife of husband with
May 2015, SSCA left lateral tongue, T2N2bM0 Stage 4 , Age 58
06/01/15, L hemiglossectomy, modified L radical neck, clear margins, 2 nodes positive, no extracapsular extension. Perineural invasion on lingual nerve in tongue.
Tx completed 8/28/15, IMRT and 2 high dose cisplatin.
12/15 negative PT scan
5/16 negative PT scan
2/16 fitted with partial denture
12/16 3mm area of exposed mandible identified. Started on pentoxifylline regime
3/17 completed 40 HBO dives.
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