 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Jeff,
I don't think anyone gets dressings on the incision for a ND. Just warn anyone who is going to visit that you will look like you have been run halfway through a guillotine but it is really not as bad as it looks. I asked for stitches rather than staples. Make certain that the surgeon is a good plastics man and has done a zillion of these. Will be thinking of you on the 31st.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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