#62147 11-23-2007 02:04 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16 Member | OP  Member
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16 | My mother completed her Radiation Therapy around 5 months ago and is suffering from the after-effects.
Two days back, she noticed a small sore on the right lining of her tongue covered with a whitish yellow cheesy material.
What could this be? Is it really something to worry about? Could this be thrush?
Please help...
CG to Mother (Bala Saigal/55/SCC, G1, T1N0M0, RT x 33 completed - 27/06/2007 | Presently recovering from the severe after-effects)
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#62148 11-23-2007 08:34 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Hello, Please just get her checked, that would be my best advice.....Take Care and I hope things go well for her.....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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#62149 11-23-2007 10:28 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Sounds like thrush. Thrush can become systemic so get it taken care of as quickly as you can as Carol suggested.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#62150 11-23-2007 03:50 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | Keep us posted as to your mother's progress. Good luck to you and to her.
Lois and Buzz in NC
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!
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#62151 11-25-2007 07:44 PM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16 Member | | OP Member
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16 | Thanks for your opinion(s)... the sore has contracted a little and the pain in her mouth has subsided too. We already went to the consulting specialist and he did not even bother looking at the tongue completely though he palpated her in and around the neck area once to check for the swelling. He was perfectly fine by the improvement. But, I'd like to admit that we are (very) skeptical for each and everything happening with her... any development in her mouth, neck scares us to extremes. 
CG to Mother (Bala Saigal/55/SCC, G1, T1N0M0, RT x 33 completed - 27/06/2007 | Presently recovering from the severe after-effects)
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#62152 11-25-2007 07:49 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 64 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 64 | Please read this page on the main OCF web site about thrush (Candida albicans) http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/dental/candida.htm
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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