OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 794 | Thanks everyone. your words do comfort me greatly. Mom came downstairs about 9:30am and her face was so swollen, far more than it ever has, she was in tears and soon as i saw her i was to....so much for being strong! It stayed that way for about 2hrs. My sister came and took mom to her surgeon's office, I had my older child at her doctor's office....I was a mess. I just wish I knew what to expect. I know, I need to get on here and read...
Donna CG to Mom, dx 4/25/07 with tongue cancer,T3N0,tx began 7/6/07, 31 tx's of IMRT, 8 cycles of Erbitux. Brachytherapy, surgery, left neck dissection and temp trach placed all on 9/17/07, trach removed 10/17/07. ORN of jaw, late effect of radiation symptoms. **lost my beautiful mother on 5/5/11.
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