 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Minnie,
This is just rediculous...if they gave you the referral...there should be a record of it...how can they now deny it??? If the decision maker could take one look at your face and mouth, they would know the the G-tube is necessary. Once again, I would get the media involved..pictures and all and see if that pressure would work. Crazy! Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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