 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Sounded good to me -- I might need one because the front part of my free flap failed and instead of moving parts I have only a crater up there. Then I looked at the price -- $181!!!!! And that's the wholesale price -- I shudder to think of what the retail price would be. This company seems to have a whole line of very expensive stuf! Clearly aimed at ripping us all off by means of Medicare or insurance! http://www.alimed.com/ProductDetail.asp?style=80622&fprd=Glossectomy+Spoon&oid1=&oid2= It would be a bit overpriced at $18. Perhaps a regular spoon with some PAM...
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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