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Head and Neck Cancer

Archives for February 2008

Checkin' in
I've been remiss in checking in with you guys for the last couple of weeks. I did just catch up with reading the new post and Marie, you seem to be doing great! I'm very happy for you. I don't have much to report in the way of improvement. I still can only whisper and swallowing continues to be painful. However, I eat any…
3 days and counting
Just wanted to let you guys know that I've gone three whole days now without using my PEG tube! I am bound and determined to get it out! My goal is to go for three weeks without using it at all. Wish me luck!
Inspiring video
In case you have not seen this.......... http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw JK
soccerfreaks
Where are you, Soccerfreaks? There are lots of us out here who are wondering since you helped us with your upbeat and positive outlook...we are worried about you
tongue cancer
Hello,I just went to see a ears,nose, throat last friday, and give me some details of what will happen to me soon, my big big fear, right now it's that surgery, did someone went through it already?
THE TUBE
CAN SOME ONE EXPLANE HOW THE FEEDIN TUBE WORKS.. I DONT HAVE IT YET , BUT THE DOC KEEPS THREATING ME WITH IT... I LOST 5 POUNDS THIS WEEK SO I GUESS IM GETTIN CLOSE .. CAN YOU STILL EAT WITH THIS TUBE. ARE HOW DOES THIS WORK
Did you keep your mask?
Just wondering if everyone kept their mask and what did you do with it? I kept mine and am collecting different animal fur to make a halloween mask (or wall hanging) out of it! BILL
First PET scan and update
Thank goodness my PET scan showed no activity! Went to my ENT on Monday and he did the microscope in my throat. He showed me what he saw on film. No wonder my throat hurts and I can't swallow without pain! My throat is so swollen I don't know how anything goes down. I asked about my voice and he wants another two months of…
woo whoo
i was doing chemo once a week good news at the dr he has me going every 3 weeks now. for a 6 hr treatment. im doing a little better with the mask.. my rough the first week.....
where is?
Hi...I've been wondering if any of you have heard from soccerfreaks...I was corresponding with him but haven't heard from him for awhile and I kind of worried...
Voice
Hello all, just wondering...how long did it take to get your voice back to normal. When i talk it feels like I'm talking from my chest and not my diaphram. Did any of you have that problem? I'm sure everyone's voice gets back to normal or near normal at different rates, but I'm just asking each person to give me the story…
my hands
i put a picture of my hands in my gallery were there splitting from chemo .. the doc gave me meds for them and there doing better but wanted yous to see them... after a few days im gonna put one in of my chemo rash that i got. its about cleared up to thanxs to the docs.....connie
Earth to MOM674
Come in MOM674................Your Support Group is here and waiting..................Please respond. JK
PEG Tube use and care 101
FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, if your Docs want you to have a PEG placed DO IT and do it early on. If you wait until it is critically needed your health and soreness may be an issue. So, put it in with the goal of never using it but the comfort of knowing it is there if you do need it. I have been asked for tips on the use and…
Message for MOM674
You said you were about to start chemo and radiation. I went through that in Sept-Oct and wanted to give you a few tips to consider BEFORE you start. Things I learned the hard way that worked for me. Of course each of our situations is different. Please consider: 1) You should be using moisturizers on the area to be…
Taking Zinc supplement for regeneration of taste
My Dentist has 13 years experience with HNC working at a VA hospital in Tucson. During my treatments he encouraged me to take 200 mg. of Zinc per day. He said, and I have found some supporting info on the Internet, that zinc helps taste buds to regenerate. He pushed it to many, many of his HNC patients at the VA and there…
EMU Oil used to prevent "sunburn" effect
I am an Az. HNC survivor and thanks to many here on these boards and in my local support group I made it through 35 IMRT's and 7 Cisplatin Chemos back in Sept-Oct 2007. I recently had my first post-treatment PET/CT at 11 weeks out which came back very good with only one minor shadow of glucose uptake at 2.9 which the Docs…
Discouraged
Bill and everyone, Yesterday I tried something that I didn't think I could eat, and guess what?...I couldn't eat it! It was a grilled cheese sandwich from Sonic. The bread and cheese just stuck to my teeth like Play Doh clay. I became so discouraged and cried all day. Will this ever get better? I am only 7 1/2 months out…
be4man (Barbara)
Just looking at some old posts here and see you have a PET scan tomorrow! Good luck, your in my thoughts and prayers! BILL
OK, it's getting slow in here........
Since I have no new news or questions guess I'll get this started. Just wondering where everyone is from? I am from Portland,Tennessee and was treated at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville.

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