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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 | Hi Eric
I know it's been awhile since I posted but my company finally quit blocking the site so now I have more time to visit.
I'm almost 3 years out, and Oncologist has moved me to PET/CT every 9 months. But hestill wants pet/CT. Machine at the hospital I go to must be rather old, some of the panels in the tube held on by double sided tape, last scan one of the panels fell in on me, the part was thin plastic so no problem, but I couldn't stop laughing afterward. I'm sure this was a quite expensive GE CT machine, and it's held to gether by double sided tape. Great!
Anyway, after the radiologist gets a sort of history on you, I think they can better interpret the films and tell the healing from simple irritation to the disease, which can all show up about the same.
SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.
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