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| | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 67 Likes: 1 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 67 Likes: 1 | Obviously we are very hindered by not getting to see the surgeon today so we have a lot of unanswered questions. Yes, it will be a Head and Neck Surgeon at a Cancer Center that we will be seeing on Monday for a consult. We were just not expecting this today. If the node still has cancer in it then I understand the need for a node dissection. I guess where I am struggling is with the idea that both the RO and MO told us that it is entirely possible the node is still enlarged but necrotic and not malignant. My primary question is how do you know and avoid a surgery with the potential complications you mentioned only to find out it was a necrotic node? I assume there will be an explanation for this on Monday. Just frustrating when he is still so raw it is hard to imagine healing an incision there too.
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