Going through this without pain medication is inexcusable. Get the radiation oncologist on the phone right now and tell him to order lidocaine & lortab elixir TODAY from the pharmacy. Then tell him to make room for you because you will be in his office first thing Monday morning for an exam of the mucositis and prescription of the Duragesic patch as needed.

dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.