 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Agreed -- The thing that stuck out the most in the article I read and now can't find again was that the AO supplements were potentially harmful during radiation but getting them from the various fruits didn't seem to be -- I took the same route and didn't use anything -- Of course, during radiation, and for some time thereafter, I wasn't exactly hankering for things that needed to be chewed and swallowed!
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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