 "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 453 | Hi Gary, Chemo hasn't started yet. Sorry but being an aussie makes me put the dates different. It starts on the 15th of this month. We just like to be different in this country. I wouldn't say his breath is bad smelling, just a strong smell of a night. I can kiss him no problems and smell nothing. But of a night he seems to get an excess of saliva and it has an odour of .... saliva I suppose. Not too sure. But I'll keep your advise in my list of things I need to know so that if this happens during chemo I'll be prepared. Thanks.
Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.
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