I’ve been keeping in contact weekly with an anesthesiologist who is going through treatment for oral cancer. He finally completed his radiation therapy. His words below are a harsh reminder about what happens when oral cancer is diagnosed late. He had a lump on the floor of his mouth which was misdiagnosed as a torus. [...]
Storytelling is a powerful tool. At age 50, Terrie Hill was diagnosed with oral cancer due to smoking. Now, she has a disfigured face, a gruff voice, and has to manually plug up her trachea every day. She has admitted that making this commercial has given her a reason to go on, because she is [...]
According to Dr. Brian Novy, an assistant professor of restorative dentistry at Loma Linda University, you can ask a pharmacist to make these Dry Mouth Lollipops. The pharmacy may need a prescription…and thanks to a friend who heard Dr. Novy’s presentation at the Pacific Dental Conference, I’ve got the recipe to share with you! Ingredients: [...]
Dear Eva, My name is Lisa and I work for Dave, a friend of your husband’s. I was telling Dave that my father was recently diagnosed with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and he told me to contact you. Dad wasn’t feeling well just after Christmas and thought his left neck glands were swollen. His [...]
Dear Eva, Nine months ago I asked my dentist about the lesion on the floor of my mouth. He said it’s ‘tori’, a bony growth condition caused by grinding and stress. “Don’t worry about it.” Four months later I developed a horse voice. I am Vice-Chief of Anesthesiology at a cancer center so I asked [...]
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