 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Dani,
don't get ahead of yourself here. Exposed bone is a logical place for entry of bacterial infection, maybe even osteomylitis (which is a bacterial infection in the bone marrow). Have they tried a round of antibiotics yet? It could be ORN (OsteoRadiaNecrosis) as well.
Bone infections are areas of concern. I had ostemylitis as a child and it was very serious. I was bedridden for almost a year.
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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