Altho this site has saved my sanity[so far] during John's treatment, it has also caused me some major bouts of consternation. John's surgeon said" your teeth are not in that great shape so we will yank them during surgery" No dental referral before hand. He did leave 5 front uppers.
The rad people set up a dental appt for the floride tray after 2 1\2 wks of tx's. John's peg was inserted during the same surgery- no discussion- we were just told "he's gonna need it" By the way, surgeon was right. Rad dr. ordered 30 rounds of radiation- no discussion as to why that amount. Maybe in fairness to these guys- John did not want to be an active participant in discussions, and I did not feel right about asking questions thathe might not want to hear answers too. But, WoW, there seems to be alot of variations in the treatment arena. Not that I would wish this on a living soul, but it almost seems like one needs to go through this more than once to figure out what questions to ask.{ kinda like marrying someone} Amy