 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | No wonder he is balking at having a PEG put in NOW if radiation isn't going to start for 2 to 5 weeks.
Too bad I didn't tell the dentist at my CC center to go 'fly a kite'. I allowed them to remove my 16 healthy rear teeth, so now I wear an upper and lower partial. Despite religious use of the floride trays, I am finally experiencing dental decay to the point that my remaining teeth will be capped, but at least I have real teeth and not something I have to put in a glass every night. It seems that most others have not had the decay problem I do.
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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