David, the radiation came up the last time around with this and I have indeed had my lifetime limit -- I had a "shotgun" of XRT in 2005-6 to kill microscopic cells, so these have apparently grown since then. Last time, Doc said if we radiated again, my tongue would be a useless, brown, shriveled thing... More radiation is possible if very targeted radiation was used the first time around and not in the new area.
Deb, my first PEG, installed by a Gastro-Doc, worked fine -- It was the second PEG, installed by a Radiologist at UWMC, that was so poor.
The 'rules' are just guidelines and do not come with a certificate of guaranty!
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.
