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Carl
I was undergoing radiation treatments and then chemotherapy but this process was not having an effective impact on my cancer. My body was also not tolerating this process well. So since the radiation and the chemotherapy treatments were not helping, in January of 2003 I was referred to Dr. Tsue.
Dr. Tsue decided that surgery “a neck dissection” was the best option to remove my cancer and save my life. My wife had a thousand questions and Dr. Tsue’s nurse Judy Brown was amazing in addressing our concerns. Both Dr. Tsue and Judy were very straight forward. We left that meeting feeling very assured that things were going to turn out okay. There were no negative thoughts in our conversation. Everything was so positive that I knew that I was going to come through this. Not once did we question the process and we were comfortable with our decision to undergo surgery.
I had a very long surgery and a painful recovery in the ICU (I was in for about a week). However, once I left the ICU and ever since then everything has been smooth. They told me that my lymph nodes were benign and I was in good shape. Five years later everything is still working and I just come in for checkups.
It was God’s plan for me to be in this situation and it was God’s hands operating on me with Dr. Tsue.
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