 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Are your teeth really in that bad condition that they need to pull ALL of them? I would have thought that with the IMRT that some of them could have been saved.
Have you gone for a second opinion? I foolishly didn't and allowed them to pull my 16 rear teeth only to find out later that the two specialists who now take care of my teeth didn't feel that there was any reason to pull them and I had full blown radiation.
Good luck and keep up the great attitude.
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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