 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I believe you can get a second opinion by "mail" by sending all his scans, reports, radiation history, etc., to someplace like M D Anderson or the center in Madison -- With the scans, he really doesn't need to be there unless someone wants to palpate him -- Not much to see...
That's what I would do before accepting a verdict like this -- If I did accept it without doing that first, I am sure my family and friends would give me no peace!
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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