 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Tizz if you don't take care of your teeth now you might end up with OsteoRadioNecrosis (ORN). It could cost you your jawbone. Your best bet would be 30 dives in an HBO chamber. If your teeth were in bad shape they should have recommended pulling them prior to treatment.
I can't answer the hair question - I shave my head.
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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