Annabel,
I don't know the extent of your mom's surgery/treatment or her age, but my husband had none of this trouble. We started with an oral surgeon which I was not thrilled about, but ended up being referred to a team of docs at University of MD with a tumor board that we have been very happy with. It seems like you and your mom are going thru a lot of unecessary trouble. I will keep you in my prayers!
Debbie


Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.