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Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 346 Likes: 3 | My cancer wasn't visible from the outside, so I can't speak to that, but I can say that the radiation continues to do its thing for some time after the official treatments stop. It's one reason the recovery time seems so long for us patients, and can surprise us with taking longer to bounce back than we think. However, it's definitely something the doctor should be addressing with you, and hopefully they will give you more specific information for your husband's specific tumor.
Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery
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