Corlis, the wait is the worst. My husband had left lateral hemiglossectomy 6/1. He has finished chemo and rads, only lost 5 pounds, no feeding tube or trach. The worst part was the 10 days post op where there was a big dressing on his tongue. He had no reconstruction and his tongue is functional.
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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