#77929 08-02-2008 12:43 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 55 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 55 | Can anyone share with me how long it took for them to heal from a tongue biopsy done after radiation treatment? I had a biopsy done 17 days ago now, and while it definitely looks much better than it did, it still is not completely healed up. I know that everyone is different and that radiation throws wrenches in the healing process - but just trying to get a feel from others out there who have experienced this...
Lisa
36 years old at diagnosis
SCC of the tongue T2N2bM0 Stage IV
post hemi glossectomy and neck dissection (3/28/07), finished 6 weeks of radiation and Cisplatin x2 6/19/07. Biopsy taken from right side of tongue 7/17/08 - results showed infected abscess and no return of SCC!
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I have had tongue, throat , the gland below that ear, partoid gland I think and a couple of biopsies on other places. They all healed but I sure don't remember the time involved.
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If I remember correctly, my biopsies healed in a few days. I think it was at max 1 week and it was healed.
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