You should definitely ask! I'm sure it'll be up to them! It was my head/neck surgeon who put in my peg tube and he was also the one who pulled my wisdom teeth while operating on my tongue and neck....so it probably just depends on the surgeons.

Last edited by lisa7594; 05-11-2008 06:02 AM.
Lisa
36 years old at diagnosis
SCC of the tongue T2N2bM0 Stage IV
post hemi glossectomy and neck dissection (3/28/07), finished 6 weeks of radiation and Cisplatin x2 6/19/07. Biopsy taken from right side of tongue 7/17/08 - results showed infected abscess and no return of SCC!