 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | She's having three major body-mangling events back to back -- I'm two months out from the free-flap procedure (Dunno why they call it free; my new tongue is pinned down pretty well and it sure is costing $$!) and just feeling better -- It about wiped me out to walk 1/2 mile to appointment last week and I sure did sit on a lot of benches on the way back!
I haven't experienced the chemo, but the radiation is likely to put her on the sidelines for a couple of months before she stops getting worse and starts to get better, so my advice is to prepare yourselves for the long haul.
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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