Thanks for the excellent advice. Dad hasn't smoked for 70 years and even then
not much at all. This cancer is presumed to have emanated from stubborn skin
cancer on his scalp that had been treated a couple times in the past with
surgery and radiation. Fortunately, CT scans show no lymph node involvement
yet.
Chuck Norcutt
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Off to Las Vegas today
> Sent: Nov 09 '10 03:09
>
> Chuck,
>
> Best wishes to your dad and you and your family too.
> My father in law had the same cancer surgery last December at 84yoa.
> He smoked a box of 50 cigars a week for many many years. We think it was
> from that.
> We were also warned about the facial nerves probably going to be severed,
> but it turns out that
> fortunately the surgeon didn't have to cut them. 8 weeks of radiation
> followed and no chemo. All scans since have been A-OK, no cancer. He's 100%
> back
> to normal activities. One thing- take him home as soon as you can. He
> suffered badly from "sundowner's syndrome" while hospitalized which is
> common
> with the elderly patient. Awake all night and delusional. He thought he was
> back on Iwo Jima. My wife, a nurse, recognized what was happening and
> signed him out early, good thing we had a cooperating doctor. Usually, they
> won't let anyone go until they pass you around to their doctor buddies for a
> week of (mostly) unnecessary tests.
>
> Best,
> George
>
>
> Off to Las Vegas today. Unfortunately, not for fun. My dad is having
> cancer surgery on his parotid glands on Wednesday (the major salivary
> glands in your cheeks and also full of facial nerves). I'm going just
> to see him, of course, but also to give my sister a hand if she needs
> it. I'll be gone a bit over a week. Not taking the laptop but I'll
> have computer access once I get to the house so you'll have to continue
> to put up with me at least some of the time.
>
>
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