Frustrations, frustrations, frustrations!
The worse thing about this is all of the delays to get him timely treatment. Now it seems clear he will need that maxillectomy surgery, where the surgeon takes out part of his jaw bone, only because of the fractured rear molar. I ran out of sunlight to take a picture inside of his mouth, but it is not pretty to look at.
A 6 mm size molar tip has floated to nearing the center of his palate from the mass carrying it there. I can tell that it rests on his tongue when he closes his mouth. Creepy and awful. I know I would be freaked out if that was inside of my mouth, and that is with my having full knowledge what it was.
The earliest appointment I could get with the surgeon is this Monday morning, and that is only to consult. I really hope that if he says he is confident he can get rid of it with a good result for Charmer afterwards, as far as quality of life, that the surgeon gets it done the next day, because each day I see this thing growing and spreading across his palate.
I wonder how in the hell the surgeon is going to close up his palate if the tumor creeps too far? I would think this is an emergency due to the time factor. But it seems as if Charmer and I are falling between the beaucracy at this clinic, to make an appointment, wait until the next avaiable appointment, yadda yadda yadda.
Of course I am scared about this kind of radical surgery, but, trust me, the tumor is much more scarier to just leave in there, to do God knows what!?
I read the story of a border collie mix that had a different kind of oral cancer, but had to undergo a maxillectomy of the front upper jaw. The dog recovered within a matter of weeks from the surgery, but did need to have at-home morphine to deal with the pain. I hope that Charmer can have a similar happy surgical end. I am just really worried about all of the time delays, where in the meantime this tumor just creeps along! Cancer does not wait for anything or anybody!