All,

I was curious who out there feels like a physician made a mistake in their care. Not perhaps in initial diagnosis but more downstream. I got a second opinion last June from a well known treatment center. They were ringing an alarm bell that my local ENT surgeon was not. Basically, they were right and seven months later I went through what they were recommending AND THEN SOME!

My case is still "curable" but the surgery was much more involved seven months later!

So the real question is coping, accepting, moving on. Anyone have a similar story or advice on how to 'get over it.'


Jay

--2003 SCC Left lateral tongue
T-I
Partial Glossectomy
--2015 SCC Left lateral tongue
T-II N-0 M-0
Partial Glossectomy SND
--1/30/18 SCC T-IV N-0 M-0
Segmental Mandibulectomy, Partial Glossectomy,
Fibular Free Flap (failed)
Emergency flap surgery (partial success)
Leech therapy (partial success)
M.I. in hospital 2 90% blockages
2 stents inserted
--3/2/18 Pec Flap
RAD IMRT 35 (in progress)
Chemo 7 doses Cisplatin (in progress)