 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Wow. I'm *really* not convinced about the irritation thing not being a factor now, hearing these other stories. I was diagnosed when I was 46 but the spot on my tongue that turned into cancer had been chronically irritated by a sharp tooth as well. This worries me since I actually have spots in my mouth now that are being irritated by teeth but my dentist can't get back to the tooth to smooth it because of my trismus. Yikes.
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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