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Diagnosed with Ameloblastoma

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Sep 10 7:47am | Replies (287)

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Even in this photo you are smiling--not long after surgery! And your face looks good. How on earth do you get out the door of the hospital with a feeding tube, and on your way? I didn't hear back from Mayo on line, so I'm going to call in the morning.

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We live about five hours drive away. They sent us home after a week in hospital. My wife made me get out of the car a couple of times to walk around a bit, good for the blood flow they said. Anyway, after two weeks we returned to have the tube removed however, Docs wanted to check a few things, their schedule had an emergency, etc. result was an unexpected overnight without our equipment for tube feeding.
We actually ended up holding off on the tube removal and returned a week later.
I’m smiling likely because all other news was great concerning the healing process. Pain was minimal. And the best laid plans of mice and men……