 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | A friend of mine locally discovered his tumor in much the same way -- He woke up one morning and the side of his neck hurt, so he went to Doc (Luckily, I would have put it off) -- Doc barely felt hard spot which was later determined to be SCC -- Don't know the stage, but they caught it early.
He and Doc said it was lucky he was slender because it was buried waaay in deep and might not have been found early had he been overweight.
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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