#97219 06-12-2009 04:40 PM | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 18 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 18 | I am looking for people from chicago who can tell me where is the best place to take secon opinion ( I need the name of doctors,hospital) Thank You | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | There is a list on the main pages of OCF. It has hospitals named thru out the country that are cancer centers.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
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ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 18 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 18 | Thank You
and also I have one more question if someone heard about dr.Everett Vokes??? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 11 Member | | Member
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I live in Chicago - suburbs now. I do not have OC but thought I might last summer. I periodically check the board and saw your post. Dr. Vokes is head of medicine at the University of Chicago and is the section chief for hemo/onc. He got a good deal of press in 2007 - 2008 as he was the lead physician who treated Grant Achatz, the Chicago chef who had stage 4 cancer of the tongue. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 57 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 57 | Rush University Medical Center is where my brother was treated by a wonderful staff and doctors. Petruzzelli, Guy Joseph, MD, PhD, MBA was his surgeon. Those doctors cared very well and explained everything thoroughly. Love that hospital. My mother was having a procedure and her doctor was called on an emergency so her procedure was postponed for half an hour. A couple of days later, a hand written note apologizing for the delay (which did not bother us one bit...we understood) came in from the surgical unit head nurse. Thought it was....thoughtful .
Brother diagnosed SCC August 2005, radiation and chemo- 2 rounds, total glossectomy Sept. 2007, passed away May 21, 2008
"Everyday is beautiful" he stated on a cold and foggy Chicago winter day.
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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 329 | Grant Achatz interview about his tongue cancer on Oprah it's interesting. http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/03/grant-achatz-on-the-oprah-winfrey-show-video/I hope I did this right and the link takes you to it. Connie
SCC. of the left lateral tongue, anterior two thirds, T1 possibly a T2.
Left partial glossectomy, left selective neck dissection 4/21/09. Nodes clean, No Rad, No Chemo.
CT Scan 9/11 clean, CT Scan 9/12 clean
Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. A+.
My hometown Lockport, NY.
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 18 | Thank You Connie for link | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 | Sorry I didn't see this post sooner.
Dr. Vokes and the staff at U of Chicago treated me.
I am approaching six years since diagnosis.
Feel free to email me if you have questions.
Good health,
Chuck
SCC Stage IV right tonsil T3N3M0. Dx 08/03. Clinical Trial:8 weeks Taxol, Carboplatin then Hydrea, 5FU, IMRT x's 48, SND, Iressa x 2yrs. Now 20 years out and thriving. Dealing with a Prostate cancer diagnosis now. Add a Bladder cancer diagnosis to all the fun.
It's always something
"Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it."
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 104 | U of Chicago treated my daughter. It was not her initial treatment, I wish it had been...... Dr. Vokes and his oncol. team are WONDERFUL!!! Dr. Kerstin Stenson, Head and Neck Surgeon, director. and Dr. Daniel Haraf. They are nationally known and acclaimed for cutting edge treatment. One common goal! Get rid of it! if they can..... I do know Petrozelli at Rush is known for his expertise. I was told he is where the Physicians go for treatment. So both places we are lucky to have here close! We also went to MD Anderson.....but I think U of Chicago had it beat....overall. More personal treatment.
Jordan's Mom. Linda
She fought the fight with courage, hope and dedication. Ten months of battling tongue cancer. They thought they had it after each treatment. Not to be. Christa died at 32 y/o in Nov. '07.
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