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Head and Neck Cancer
Archives for January 2003
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SURVIVOR & EXERCISE
April 2003 will mark two years post treatment for me and I remain cancer free. I'd like to talk to anyone who's had successful treatments for throat cancer and still exercises. I'm terrified when I get short of breath and I'm also afraid that I will not recuperate from pain; that I will end up back in bed instead of…
Tongue Cancer
I was just diagnosed with squamous cell cancer at the base of the tongue. I have a small to mid-size tumor at the base of the tongue & 2 small nodes in the left side of the neck. My doctor wants to go in through the mouth to make an assessment. He has already recommended radiation & chemotherapy, & possibly Brachy therapy.…
Fear of recurrence
Surprised to find a few patients with tonsil cancer on this site. I am 49, female, never smoke or drink. I lead a very healthy life as I am a school teacher so I was extremely shocked when knowing that I had stage 4 tonsil cancer in 9/2001. Thank God after the most inhumane battle of radiation and chemotherapy, I am back…
Symptom question
For a couple of months now, I've had a kind of ache in the chest that is sometimes accompanied by a burning in the throat. This sometimes last all day, and is not necessarily after eating something I'd expect to cause heartburn. I'm already taking Protonix, a proton pump inhibitor, for a possible stomach ulcer. Could the…