 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Nobody is going to know anything for sure until the ENT has seen it and probably biopsied it, so the best way to relieve your anxiety is likely to push hard for the ENT appointment by telling all concerned how anxious you are.
As a long-ago former smoker, I know it's tough to quit, but hang in there -- My daughter was able to do it successfully with the Nicoderm Patch system.
Pete
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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