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| | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) |  Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Don't crush time-release meds! It will result in too much med in the beginning and not enough med in the end, which can be dangerous, depending on the med!
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 228 | True true do be careful with the time release stuff. I was just keeping with what they had started in the hospital. But yes, do try and get an alternative.
Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.
**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****
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