#56032 01-02-2005 08:49 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Hi and Happy New Year!! I have a question to those with a tongue flap. Mine seems to be separating a bit and kind of sticking up more than it ever has, I saw my oral surgeon two weeks ago, he said everything looked fine. I see my oncologist Tuesday. I am gonna ask him about it. Just wondering if anyone else experienced this. Thanks!!!Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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#56033 01-07-2005 10:41 AM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17 Member | | Member
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 17 | I am new here Carol, but no I have not found my flap to stick up at all. It is still very fresh though...Oct 8 was my surgery. Take Care!!! | | |
#56034 01-07-2005 11:35 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Hi Carol
Have to trust that your oral surgeon knows best, mine caused probems but only in the first two weeks. Pease let us know how you get on..
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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#56035 01-07-2005 12:38 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Hi Guys, thanks for the responses. I was checked by my oral surgeon and oncologist Tuesday. My oral surgeon recommends I have surgery on the flap to sort of sew it back down. He said it has lifted and separated a bit, probably from more use. That was a relief, let me tell you!!! So I will get more details and plan the surgery soon I hope! Thanks again and God Bless!!! Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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#56036 01-07-2005 01:11 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | p.s. On another note, I wanted to mention that yesterday I was placed "on hold" over the phone with a dental office (my daughter had her wisdom teeth pulled today) and I was so pleased to hear a message telling of the importance of early detection of oral cancer. It mentioned that altho it is a life threatening cancer, it is a VISIBLE cancer so early detection can be accomplished and is so important! I will leave our OCF brochures next visit! Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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