Question: 4 major head & neck cancers & surgeries in last 16 months, also IMRT, g tube (cannot swallow solid food) on Effexor for 7 months, had continual nausea and lost 180 lbs, had black tarry stools (after Effexor increase to 350mg in May) all of XXXXXXX surgeons did not respond to plea for GI consult (G tube needed replace...thought it cause of GI bleeding), decided to cut back on Effexor after reading of side effects, was down to 2nd day of 200mg "week" when gut wrenching stomach pain cause Me to quit Effexor "cold turkey", Dx SCC in cheek again, scheduled excision of that "new" CA and new plastic surgeon wanted to do PMMF.,....knew chances of medically induced coma high, knew complications likely....they found lesions base of tongue. Took out SCC cheek and new (and highly regarded) plastic surgeon would not do PMMF...recovery could take up to a year. Lesion (CA or benign) base of tongue only surgical treatment excision of tongue...surgeons knew I would not agree to. No way. Frozen section showed "clean" but waiting for path. No sense of jaw reconstruction if not long to live. Only Rx is cyber knife radiology with chemical infusions. Left hospital after surgery, two days later saw PCP for symmetrical lower leg edema and cellulitis, he gave me Rx for Lasix PO, two days later went to OR with VERY bad peripheral edema (legs only) and BAD cellulitis....admitted STAT. ON IV antibiotics for two days now....edema better, cellulitis getting better. Found Hg to be 8.1 in admission blood work. Doctor feels anemia caused edema and cellulitis. I want to know.....why the hell surgeons ignored my pleas to address GFI bleeding for a month and how on earth was I supposed to recover from such a possibly horrific surgery as PMMF (let alone excision of large stage 3 CA) when I was so anemic? Could they have possibly not known of Hg being so damn low? Do they really appear as callous as I think they do? Only 6 cyber knife centers in country for head and beck or would go elsewhere. I sit here in hospital still needing sutures and drain removed from surgery done only ten days ago in another hospital...having been a guinea pig for so long that I think they try to kill me on purpose sometimes....they make bad situation buy ignoring the totality of my problems. I am so weary of it all. Have apt in AM in another to have sutures and drain removed. So sorry, Charley....can't get out of this hospital yet. Sick and tired of it all.
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ABDOMINALK PAIN LEAST OIF MY WORRIES---- NO SELECTION FOR OTOTLARYNGOLOGY OR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY.....NOR PHYSICIAN CALLOUSNESS.