OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 53 | Hello Friends!
I just posted a new thread in the Forum for Eating, Speech, Swallowing Issues. Since my recurrence as been confirmed and my surgery date set, I would appreciate any information and personal experience you all have with adjusting to obturators related to speech and eating. Thanks!
Love,
Karen
Teacher Karen
DX: SCC of right maxillary alveolar ridge, 9/2010.
Surgery 11/2010, removal of 4 teeth and gum.
Surgery 11/2012, removal of 3 teeth and gum.
IMRT 1/2013-2/2013
Surgery 1/2015 retromolar trigone resection; removal of 1 tooth and gum.
Surgery 10/2015 left modified radical neck dissection, inferior parotidectomy, external carotid artery resection.
Cetuximab based chemoradiation 64.8 Gy to resection bed.
Surgery 6/19/2018 Right inferior maxillectomy, bilateral low palate resection
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