 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I second what Minnie is saying. Do NOT have any healthy teeth pulled without a second opinion. They USED to do this as a routine precaution, but it is no longer done. I, like an idiot, let them pull 16 healthy teeth and have been sorry ever since. Took over two years and $15000 1997 dollars to get partial dentures and is not covered by insurance, medical or dental.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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