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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 489 | Welcome Shaz and good luck to your brother. You will find everyone here to be very helpful and supportive.
As Christine advised, take a notebook and write things down at the appointments and write down questions for the doctors when you think of them. I have found that when I open my notebook at my appointments the doctors slow down, quite often sit down, and take the time to talk with me instead of at me.
Patty
48
SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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