Hello everyone. I first would like to wish all of you good luck with your treatments and such.
August 31st I found out I had a tumor between my lower jaw and inner cheek. After the dentist, the oral surgeon and all my scans I found out I had stage 3 because it spread to the lymph node right under the jaw and the tumor is above it. My ENT did not want to do surgery at first he said it would be pretty intense. He wanted me to start radiation treatment after may CT and PET scan.
My second visit to him he said he would operate then he wanted radiation like around 8 weeks after surgery to make sure he got it all. But he told me he couldn't get me into surgery soon as he's backed up.
So I said what about my radiation oncologist you wanted me to see. He wants to do radiation and chemo at the same time.
My ENT told my wife and I to go home and discuss the options.
We decided on the 2 oncologists because they could get me in sooner. I see my chemo Oncologist/Hematologist for consultation on ThursdAy. I'm already set with my radiation oncologist.
Oh and I still havent heard from my radiation oncologist about wether or not I need any teeth fixed. He was calling the dentist and oral surgeon. I'm like, are you kidding? I might now have to have teeth work done before treatment? If I would've known sooner I would've had my dentist make sure that he checked my teeth back in the first week of September. Plus I seen my oral surgeon twice. He probably would've checked for me.
I'm sure to have lots of questions. I just wanted to let whoever reads this know my story.
First question, during my radiation and chemo treatment that I'll be receiving together, do I have to quarantine myself? Someone just told me that last night. It took me by surprise so I wanted to ask if it's true.