 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | I've had three of them now and didn't experience much pain at all, however, some folks have -- I guess it depends on what they hit on the way in! Getting it done beforehand gets it out of the way and the healing started on it before it's actually needed. One always has the choice of not using it, of course.
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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