 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | In So Cal you have some choices - City of Hope CCC, Loma Linda (and they have PBT - only one on the West Coast) it you need it. The gold standard biopsy is either excisional, snip or punch. Don't be freaked -they aren't very painful, they will numb you and give you pain meds for afterwards. If you are freaked ask for anti anxiety meds - they were my friends when I was going through all of that.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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