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Joined: Sep 2018 Posts: 71 Likes: 1 | Hi Connie! Well here's my confession, I have had my trays since before my radiation and......have only used them once. And I LOVE MY TEETH and don't want to lose them. Honestly, it's mental. I'm still mad about all these changes to my life that I didn't ask for and it's very possible that's where he's at as well. It's a struggle making myself do the neck stretches and massage even though I need to. It's stupid but it's I think a long hard road to acceptance of the cards we've been dealt.
I wish I had the words to help you help him. I don't. It all sucks! Good luck and maybe with him now having pain he will be more motivated to start following dr. orders.
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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