Yesterday David had his appointment with the surgeon and the tracheostomy tube was *FINALLY* removed! He's been talking regularly for more than a week *and* drinking water and Boost by mouth for nearly a week. The ENT office is lining up speech/swallowing therapy for him. The last few days he's been venturing out of the house more and more, with me chauffeuring, but today he was driving :-) .
Wife/caregiver to David, age 54
Dx SCC of tongue 9/28/12, stage T4aN1M0
Tx cisplatin weekly x5 beg 11/21/12 tomotherapy radiation x35 beg 11/29/12, end chemo 12/24/12, end rad. 1/18/13
3/1/13 PET and CT NED
Adjunctive carbotplatin + taxotere x3 June/July 2013
Dx recurrence 6/8/2017
Tx Keytruda July 2017 - Feb 2018
Total glossectomy w/thigh free flap + selective neck dissection 4/12/18
quit smoking 31 yrs ago
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