| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Suzanne,
I was treated at Univ of PA both times and love my doctor there. However, there has been dissatisfaction expressed on this board from time to time about one of the other Drs so maybe you ran into him. You may email me about HUP if you like.
Ear pain is one of the few symptoms of oral cancer so I would not ignore it. Pain is NOT normal so you need to find the cause, be it cancer or not. What have they done to try to find the cause of the ear pain? What type of Doctor are you seeing at FCCC? Is she primarily a surgeon? Have they run any scans? I would ask for a second opinion maybe from an ENT. The two treatment centers you are dealing with are some of the best in the area.
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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