OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 | Yes, they said within 24 hours if using same incision -- the other two of today's "failures" were schduled for re-insertion tomorrow as both patients are to some extent tube-dependent -- they couldn't do it today because both had eaten and drunk and they have to have empty stomachs.
Gail
CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!
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