 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I have thickening below the chin and down past my Adam's apple also, but at ten months post-rad it seems to be getting smaller and less swollen.
The radiation also did in my beard (had it for 35 years!), leaving me with growth on my upper cheeks plus mustache and goatee.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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