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#135131 06-10-2011 08:54 AM
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Hi All

Please advice how to select a good physio therapist. I mean what questions to ask or how do we get know if the PT has done work on patients who have had radiation.
As we are adviced to look for a PT. All the places we went to none of them had experience dealing with such cases.

Kindly advice what should I ask in order to proceed.

Thanks

Roma


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!
roma #135167 06-10-2011 08:14 PM
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Hey again. I answered this for you in another posting in this forum, but I'll repeat it. Physio is physio. You want a good physio therapist, but they dont particularly have to be experienced with radiation/ chemo patients. They study the muscles of the body, they know how to work towards getting a body back to where it was before surgery etc. Tell them what his mobility issues are - they will design a plan.

Good luck.


Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan

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