Should I go for Radiotherapy - 04-25-2018 03:48 PM
Hi
Not sure if I’m posting this in the correct place but I was just looking for maybe a few options of people in similar positions as myself. I’ve been home from hospital for five days now after my surgery to have roughly 30% of the tongue removed as well as lymph nodes in my neck. My pathology came back with very positive results in terms of them having removed all of the cancer in the tongue with a good margin and of the 55 lymph nodes removed and tested zero traces of cancer were found. However here comes my issue, due to the kind of cancer I had and the nature of it the surgeons and oncologist have offered me radiotherapy as they cannot 100% say I’m cancer free. They have left the radiotherapy decision up to me. At first I was all for it but when they start to explain side effects and long term effects of radiotherapy it becomes a question of Do I do it to make sure I’m all clear and live with the side effects or do I proceed without it and continue improving day by day but have the worry at the back of my mind is there still some Cancer cells in there.
Thank you in advance to anyone who offers an opinion or their experiences 😄
Craig
Not sure if I’m posting this in the correct place but I was just looking for maybe a few options of people in similar positions as myself. I’ve been home from hospital for five days now after my surgery to have roughly 30% of the tongue removed as well as lymph nodes in my neck. My pathology came back with very positive results in terms of them having removed all of the cancer in the tongue with a good margin and of the 55 lymph nodes removed and tested zero traces of cancer were found. However here comes my issue, due to the kind of cancer I had and the nature of it the surgeons and oncologist have offered me radiotherapy as they cannot 100% say I’m cancer free. They have left the radiotherapy decision up to me. At first I was all for it but when they start to explain side effects and long term effects of radiotherapy it becomes a question of Do I do it to make sure I’m all clear and live with the side effects or do I proceed without it and continue improving day by day but have the worry at the back of my mind is there still some Cancer cells in there.
Thank you in advance to anyone who offers an opinion or their experiences 😄
Craig