 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Avoiding biotechnical terms, I started having recurring white spots on my tongue over 15 years (1990 - 2005), which were removed and sometimes lasered, but in my case eventually a tumor started at that spot -- I had stopped smoking in 1970 (after eight years) and stopped all alcohol in 1994, but had a tooth rubbing that spot until the tumor started (my surgeries removed enough of my tongue in that area that it no longer contacts my teeth).
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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