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Joined: Sep 2018 Posts: 71 Likes: 1 | Update: I have cancer. The ENT says it's at T1 but it's moving quick to a T2. I've been reading a TON and a lot on here and thanks to Christine's posts, I have researched and found that I have a cancer center nearby so THAT makes me SO happy. Tomorrow I meet with the ENT where I suppose he gives me more details on this diagnosis and refers me to an Oncologist. Here's the thing....I want to go to THAT cancer center BUT this cancer is spreading and I don't have a lot of time to mess around. I guess my question is, how do you get into a cancer center and is it a longer wait? I don't have time on my side to play the waiting game on this.
Laura Age 40
Tongue lesion on left side grew and was hurting in mid-August
Dx as squamous cell carcinoma on 9.18.18
Left Neck Dissection and tongue surgery, lost a fourth of my tongue on 10.1.18, tumor had grown to a T3
Margins were clear except front section of tongue margin had three stray cancer cells that were not in the tumor
Additional surgery 10.18.18 to remove another cm near where the stray cells were found
33 radiation treatments from Nov 2018 through Jan 2019
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