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Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 118 Likes: 1 | Hi Lottie! My partial mandibulectomy was in October 2014, and I have had no pain or infection related to ORN since then. My last panoramic X-ray was last summer, and there was no sign of ORN. I am now dealing with an abcessed molar on my left mandible and doing 20 HBO dives before extraction of the molar. My oral surgeon is concerned about osteomyelitis, as am I. Conservative approach is the Marx protocol of 20 dives before and 10 dives after extraction. My 2005 radiation was external beam and I had plenty of scatter.
All the best to you and your husband in the new year.
Be well. Zenda
12/04 SCC Tonsil, Stage IV T3N2BM0. Mod RND, resect right oropharynx, free-flap, resect right tongue base. Erbitux,Docetaxel,RT X 33. 6/08 Mets lung, hilar lymph node:Carboplatin, Docetaxel. 2010 2nd clinical trial:lung clear, node stable. ORN,trismus,dysphagia. 8-10/2012 cryoablation,brachytherapy,cyberknife to lymph node. 12/12 NED. 6/13 Mets RLL lung: 8/13 cyberknife. 11/13 NED.
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