OP  Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 101 | Neli
Your cancer sounds almost exact to Eriks diagnosis. They will be removing 1/3 of his tongue, and neck dissection. His is on his oral tongue and on the left side too. They want to put the peg in while he is in the hospital. Did you have to have a trach when you had your tongue surgery?
Caregiver to Erik -1st DX 12/22/2005 SCC of Tongue, T3N1M0, hemi-glossectomy,60 nodes removed, carboplatnin,Erbitux, 35Rads.
Reoccurrence T1N0M0 4/14/08-partial glossectomy-16 weeks Erbitux and Taxol-
3rd reoccurrence 5/18/12- partial glossectomy
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