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#61066 06-07-2007 03:36 AM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21 Member | | Member
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21 | I am 3 mos post radiation and have started having excruciating, sharp pain in my tongue. It lasts 5 to 10 minutes, then subsides. My ENT says it is due to radiation damage. Anyone else have this happen? Any relief?
Betty
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of tongue, stage II due to size >3mm, nothing seen in neck on CT scan. Radiation started in Jan 07. Completed 2/26/07. Recurrance confirmed 8/07.
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#61067 06-07-2007 06:42 AM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 26 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 26 | I am 4 mos. post radiation and have not experienced any pain in my tongue however, they damaged a nerve in surgery and the left side of my tongue is still numb. I'm wondering if I will ever have feeling again.
11/28/2006. Left lateral tongue, partial glossectomy, T3, moderately differentiated. 12 lymph nodes from neck, all clear. IMRT, 30X, ended 02/21/2007.
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