 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Years ago when my tumor hadn't yet appeared but I was occasionally getting white spots under my tongue that were being biopsied, an oral surgeon had recommended that I not drink alcohol.
Shortly after that, my dentist was recommending an alcohol-based mouth rinse, so I checked with the OS about it and he said "Absolutely not!". I asked him if it was the consumption or the physical contact of the alcohol on my mouth and throat tissues that was important and he said the contact.
To be clear, I then asked if it mattered if I injected alcohol directly into my veins as long as I didn't put it in my mouth -- He started laughing, and then agreed that from an oral cancer viewpoint, direct injection was the way to go! :rolleyes:
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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