 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | John,
You are not 'getting it'. ORN is a condition that probably will not go away and you can 'wind up with your leg bone in your jaw to correct it IF you are lucky'. Do these medical professionals normally treat patients that have had radiation? If not, you need to get a second opinion from some that do before you have this surgery. You need to be dealing with a surgical team that has experience with cancer patients. Reread Brian's reply or better yet, print it off and take it to your appointment.
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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