 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Minnie,
A kidney function test is a requirement for people getting chemotherapy. It's no big deal, they (actually you) collect and measure your urine output over a 24 hr time period.
Oscar,
although the term "biopsy" is a little creepy, they just take a tiny little snip and it is painless. They will numb you first.
What's a "maxillofacial surgeon"? Is that the same as an ENT? The point Dan and I were trying to make also is that cancer is easily misdiagnosed by health care providers outside of the head and neck specialty. The throat is one of the most sensitive and complex areas in the human body. That is why we univerally recommend seeing a head & neck surgeon or ENT, and preferrably one who sees a lot of cancer patients.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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