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Squamous Cell Cancer of head and neck

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Dec 3, 2022 | Replies (29)

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I just moved her from San Antonio to my home. We live right outside of Huntsville Texas. I have found her a PCP doctor that would be in our town that would give the referral to a oncologist that is in Huntsville Texas is about 28 miles from where I live still a whole lot closer than going to MD Anderson all the way in the Woodlands two of my friends actually use this doctor and gave me all this information and they have beaten the cancer. My niece Leanna, had already been diagnosed and she had no support system where she was I still am unsure of her living conditions when she was there and San Antonio I do know that not much was done in the way of anyone helping her filing for her food stamps to get the Medicaid to get the type of insurance that's through Medicaid she did get a County insurance in San Antonio and after she was diagnosed about 4 weeks or so she stopped eating and slept for 5 days not eating not drinking her roommate took her to an emergency room that the county Insurance she had would pay for not the same hospital that diagnosed her and they did a CAT scan of her head and chest she said the only thing that they even addressed about her cancer was that it hadn't spread to her lungs they never mentioned anything else about it didn't offer her any type of care even though she could not swallow had not been eating they said she would need to see a ear nose and throat doctor or if she wanted them to admit her she had the consent to a feeding tube so she declined they sent her home with Tylenol 3. And we are attacking this aggressively right trying to get the insurance trying to like I have everything else lined up Dr Wise so that we can get started it's just getting this insurance so this week is going to be the biggest week just trying to advance the wheels so to speak.

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I re read, if she can't eat, thats a problem, I couldn't eat, due to My Larynx Cancer, honestly I did refuse the feeding tube, ( if I were to do it over) I wouldn't refuse it, the majority of the people I met said its so easy, & the best thing they did, but I did drink alot of Protein Shakes ( Ensure) Smoothies, Cream Soups so as long as I got my proteins which is so very important I was good, did I loose weight absolutely, but noting to panick about..They should do a Pet Scan on her which is recommended to actually see her whole body, it shows everything even an Infection, plus the Stage of Cancer she's in, but again, every Hospital has there own Protocol, but definitely mention it,

Keep in touch hugs 🤗