Hello everyone,
I am 5 days away from completing radiation for base of tongue cancer. 2008 has been a hard year, initial finding of the neck lump, neck discretion and biopsy to find the primary. I’ve read messages every day on this board and have found them so helpful, and used a lot of them as questions for my doctors.
This is a question I could not find any information about. TEETH. Mine have done fine through radiation but like all of us, I am scared of another primary site being found days, weeks, months, years from now. Have any of you been told to have molars removed to make sure that there is less possibility of oral cancer ? Even with check ups every six months once the dentist spots a problem it is already there. How about your tonsils, anyone elect to have them taken out?
Maybe I am feeling that the more spots I can eliminate to develop problems in the future are worth the sacrifice, because I don’t know that I can go through this again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Best of all, D.