Hubby says no to radiotherapy

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Husband had hemi mandibulectomy about 7 weeks ago. Just getting to eat slightly solid food.

Appointment today. Last lot of results says no cancer. Yay! We talked about my husband having radiotherapy.

5 days a week for 6 weeks at Canterbury which is an hours drive away. (At least) So 3-4 hours driving a day. Or longer by bus or train.

For a 15-20% reduced chance of recurrence. He is 75.

Nurse ringing tomorrow to hear his decision.

He says he’s not having it for those odds.

I think I would say the same.

Beesuit 15 hours ago

Hugs Sue. I hope he heals quickly and you can both get on.

Dani

Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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Gsterc7a3c6 12 hours ago

Sounds like a well reasoned decision.

i had a partial mandibulectimy with fibula flap 11 weeks ago and also had clean margins and no spread. Mine was aggressive and T4 so I have decided to have the offered radiotherapy even though it’s a 10-15 % improvement. I am 59 and have had a few minor run ins with tongue cancer over the past few years too,

All the very best for the ongoing recovery (which is hard enough ) and the future.

Not looking forward to the radiotherapy which starts on Monday but hope to be well on the road back to health by Christmas

SueinKent 6 hours ago in reply to Gsterc7a3c6

Hope it goes well and passes quickly.

SueinKent 6 hours ago in reply to Beesuit

Thank you Dani. We intend to get on with life now the results are good.

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