#42064 12-18-2007 03:33 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | OP  Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Well had the biopsy of my tongue this morning, he took one from my tongue and one from the edge of my graft scar. Still he has made a good job of the sutures and cut the ends nice and short.
BUT because of the holidays there is not a Monday head and neck clinic for 3 weeks (as of yesterday) This is not good for my stress levels.
Sunshine.. love and hugs
Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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#42065 12-18-2007 07:22 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Doesn't anyone work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday overthere or can you only have oral cancer on Mondays? What do they do with emergencies?
Try not to stress out to badly and have a Merry Christmas.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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#42066 12-18-2007 07:49 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | In England, you're only allowed to be ill for 2 hours in the mornings and 2 in the late afternoon, Monday to Friday and not at all for 2 weeks at each of Easter and Christmas! Consultants do one clinic a week, on a good week!
In an emergency, you go to A and E and sit and wait for a minimum of 4 hours to see an overworked Junior Doctor who doesn't even speak English and get left on a trolley in a corridor for hours!
Am about to go through same scenario Helen--now have 2 painful lumps on neck. doc I saw last week is supposed to be 'consulting' and ringing me back tomorrow to say if I'm going for biopsy or not--but if I am, you can bet yer boots it won't be til January!
My 'urgent' MRI scan was ordered on April 19th--it happened on May 15th!!
But, hey, c'mon---we get all this neglect for free!!!!!
(Er, no, praps not quite free--have been, and still am, paying my 'National Health' contributions!!
Cynically, Bren x
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!
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#42067 12-18-2007 10:19 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | OP Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Eileen I have been told any problems I can phone and someone will see me. But that wont hurry up the results..
Anyway now I only have two sutures, one has disappeared.
Have got the pain sorted alternate paracetamol and ibuprofen (UK drug names) so ate some pasta tonight.
Bren I hope you get your call tomorrow, I once had a biopsy on Christmas eve, mainly I think because that the Doc on duty had nothing to do.
Christmas dinner that yeart was a no no.
So push if you have to..
Sunshine.. love and hugs
Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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#42068 12-18-2007 11:25 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | LOL! You do know you can take paracetomol AND ibuprofen Helen, don't you? I can even take my solpadol (paracetomol and codeine) and ibuprofen when I need to. Advil is the US equivalent of ibuprofen and I take 'Advil PM' which also has a 'sleep aid'--good when I need it!
To be honest, don't think biopsy/results are gonna make much difference to me, so can live happily without the additional pain til January!
Can't you just ring every day Helen and annoy them? I was once told that if you keep ringing consultant's secretary, they get fed up eventually and DO somethin!!!
Love Bren x
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!
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