On 9/2/2006 Secondrose wrote:
hello, my daddy was just diagnosed with Scc of the lymph nodes and after 2 biopsys and 3 p.e.t. scans, has been told he has no other cancers ANYWHERE in his body. We are afraid of where it will turn up. He has been scheduled to have a neck dissection (lymph nodes, jugular vein, tonsils, and muscle strip) on Tuesday, September 12 at Rex Hospital (Raleigh, NC) Now, could someone please drop me a line to let me know how this is possible!?! Can he actually have his jugular removed? I alos feel like his treatment is too good to be true because the doc is ONLY doing surgery. No chemo, no radiation. Does anyone have an opinion or prediction of the outcome of this. I would love nothing more than for Daddy to come home after same day surgery with a clean bill of health 3 weeks after but, I feel like we are waiting for the second shoe to drop.
Hi, I also have had the juglar removed, along with the diessission of the neck, it was explained to me that we all have 4 jugglar vains two on each side , one inner and one outer on each side, so the removal of one ,will not be a problem, God Bless your Dad and keep giving him all the love and care you can, JOE T