Dear Marjorie,
Since March 10th, my mother (age 67) has undergone 3 surgeries with Dr. Weinstein (floor of mouth resection, partial laryngectomy, modified neck dissection). He is an excellent surgeon and you couldn't ask for a better hospital. Rest assured, you are in the right place!

We were a little skeeved about her PEG tube at first, but now realize that she is getting all the nutrition she needs to get well. The tube was inserted during the first surgery. It took over 4 weeks for the incision to heal and it still leeks a little. Better she had the tube placed when she was relatively healthy as opposed to having it inserted when she became malnourished.

Mother also had tracheostomy to ensure that she could breathe adequately after the surgeries. We are still really skeeved about the trach tube. It needs to be suctioned out quite often. However, it is only temporary until the swelling in her neck goes down.

Coincidentally, we have an appointment on 5/5 with GSW. I would be happy to discuss our experience with cancer, Dr. Weinstein and HUP in detail if you like. I found that sharing experiences with others helps a great deal. This is my first post so I

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