 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | My first two cancers weren't painful, but the third was and that was a good thing because it had not showed up on a recent CT scan and was deep enough in my throat that it wasn't obvious. The pain at the site, plus pain in my ear on that side, pushed me to ask my Doc to take a look -- He did and immediately took a biopsy, which turned out to be more SCC.
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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