At 11 tomorrow morning my 48 year old husband with scc of the left tonsil stage 4a will have a bilateral radical neck dissection.
Scared is not even close to stating what we feel.
He is 10 weeks post radiation/chemo treatments (9 cisplatin/90 rads). His weight is falling and his energy level is dramatically decreasing.
This surgery is his only chance since the tumor is still active and growing quickly again, is encasing his carotid artery and there is mets to other areas of the neck, base of the skull, spots on the lungs, etc.
Anyone have any experience with a bilateral radical??