Nothing special this day, probably because doctors are busy preparing surgeries scheduled for tomorrow (surgery is performed on Monday and Thursday in this department).
As usual, doctor removed dirt on my tongue, as usual, it hurts.
Read more Treatment report (2014/07/23)
Here are 2 "pictures" (IRM and CT) of me that describes what kind of surgery I had theses days.
So as you can see, tumorous stuff has been removed on the left side of my head : Tongue and Lymph nodes.
Read more Some pictures of me
7/17 is the day I move from ICU to regular hospital room.
The reason I move from ICU to regular hospital room is simply that 7/17 is surgery day, so that I need to give some ICU space to other patient.
At this time, I can't stand up by myself, and still have some tubes and other medical stuff attached to my body.
Read more Treatment report (2014/07/17)
2週間ぶり病院の外を歩んでいます!
ただの2週間の入院だったが、2ヶ月に感じました。
帰宅していますが、1ヶ月後は手術等のため、1ヶ月ぐらいの再入院の予定があります。
再入院までに何回も診察の予定もあるので、これからかなり忙しいスケジュールが待っているんですね。
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Read more 退院 - その1 Leaving hospital - level 1
I don't know how it is in other countries, but in my personal case in Japan, I had to choose a place where my tongue cancer will be treated.
The main reason is that the prefectural hospital where I live don't perform such surgeries for this kind of cancer.
Instead, the doctor in charge of my case proposed to write an invitation letter to an hospital that is competent for this kind of surgery.
Read more Cancer : choice of the place to cure it