Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Aug 2003  Posts: 1,627  |    Dang Donna, I LOVE Kohl's.....me and the girls go there all the time.  
  Have they told you why your mom still has a trach?  And Billy, why do you still have a trach???  I had half my jaw removed and lost my trach before I left the hospital.  Just had one third of my tongue removed and didn't even have a trach.  I'm just surprised to see the length of time you've had them.  Are your docs simply playing it exceptionally safe or do they give you a reason for it still being in there??        
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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