 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Hi Helen,
Great news...thanks for sharing. Glad to hear that you healed so well. Sorry that I have no idea what you could have had there. Maybe it wasn't actually ORN. I don't think ORN shows up spontaneously, but results after trauma to the bone, eg an extraction.
One of my partners in my practice had some healing problems after an extraction, as he had been on intravenous bisphosphonates for his cancer (multiple myeloma). The problems are similar to osteoradionecrosis. It took a long time, but did eventually heal without needing HBO.
Looking forward to meeting up with you and Meredith in February. I will contact you by email as we get closer. Sure hope that it can work out.
Happy New Year
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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