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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 489 | [quote=EricS] The doctor pushing the chemo/rad tx didn't like the surgery option because the patient would be disfigured and "drool".[/quote]
I had the mondible replacement and yes I am disfigured also. I don't know if I would call it drooling, but I do lose liqids out of my mouth because it's hard to keep my lips together. Maybe it is drooling.
You have to remember that this show is about the "beautiful people" and they don't drool. LOL
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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