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Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 47 | My husband after brushing his teeth, cleaned his tongue which scraped/ peeled, last night there was blood. I have told him not clean the tongue anymore and brush softly.
Only 2 weeks of radiation so far. Is it normal to experience it.
Please advice.
Caregiver to husband 40 yrs. Was diagnosed SCC 09/2010. Soft palate, lft of tounge. Stage 4 HPV-
Radiation 70 gy & chemo start Nov 1 End Dec 17/2010.
1MRI-7 Mar 2011. Neck dissection-14 apr 2011. Lymph nodes removed 36 just 1 had cancer. F/U CT Scan-19 may 2011. "Cancer Free" as per doctors!
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Your husbands mouth is very fragile from the radiation. It can affect people differently. Some people can experience problems right the start. Make sure you let the doctor know this is happening.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 224 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 224 | yes no more cleaning/brushing/scraping the tongue!! and make sure the doc knows about this before more radiation is done, as open bleeding areas can become infected very easily and sometimes they opt to postpone/suspend radiation treatments till bleeding stops. I had to for a few days cuz my tongue was bleeding from the sores being so bad.
25/female at diagnosis
Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010
Surgery 04/13/2010
Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube
Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue.
30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010
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