 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | He can do the same thing with phone call to primary physician to get ENT referral -- In my experience, dentists don't normally do biopsies and only maintain referrals to oral surgeons which his insurance apparently won't cover.
ENT may elect to do biopsy on first visit, there being not much point in delaying it any further.
Don't sit around worrying -- It is counter-productive.
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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