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squamous cell carcinoma
Searching for another Mom who is taking care of her sick husband. I have wonderful friends however, fortunately for them, no one has experienced this.
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itibitty1
Please take time out of your day today to send up a prayer for itibitty1.Today is the day she is supposed to have her surgery.I know she'll be fine but she is scared and I sure know that feeling.Hope all of you are doing fine.Take care and God Bless...Sassyque
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triple whammy frustration
I am new to chat rooms of any kind, just never felt the connection until the frustrations my husband and I are facing related to his recovery from the radiation he had for base of the tongue cancer sounded so much like so many I have read in the past 3 hours of reading the Head and Neck comments. And responses were so kind…
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update and thank you
Thank you ittybitty and sassyque and everybody for your thoughts and prayers and the time you put in here. I have had 3 chemo seesions so far and they are not too bad. I think the steroids i take the night before (dexamethasone)and the anti nausea med zofran are working good. The acne rash from the erbitux has been bad and…
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Menu Item
What do you eat? Although I seldom post on this forum, I do read many of the postings. I have discovered that many of you have the same problem like me. My and your saliva glands are over cooked. lol I had nasopharyngeal cancer with just short of nine weeks of radiation treatment. It was followed up with direct radiation…
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On my way I hope
Well I hope everyone is doing well with our good weather and I am on my way to have my surgery the 30th of June,thank God I wasn't put up 4 to 6 weeks like the Drs recepionists said I might be. I still have this flu slighty but They put me on predisone and some other thing for my cough. Please guys pray for me I really…
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For Bill
Good that you have a sense of humor because to go thru all that you have you need it.You sound like a great person and I am so glad I found this site on the web.Till now I had no one to talk to about this because unless you have been thru it you don't really know.They had no hope fpr me at all,so I feel that God has other…
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Answer to Joe and Bill
I did not have surgery.If I would have they would have removed my tongue and voicebox.At that time I told them I would rather die than live that way.I only had radiation and chemo.I then went to what they call bracheytherapy(hope I spelled it right) for 2 treatments for 5 days.They shoot radiation beads directly into the…
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cancer of the tongue
altho it's been 5 years since my treatment,I still have problems.Its very hard for me to swallow my food and of course my saliva glands are shot.My big concern since I am a widow and live alone is tht one day I will choke and that will be the end.Any suggestions that would help would be appreciated.I always have some thing…
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Cancer of the tongue
Hi all I'm a survivor of this cancer by the grace of God.It's 5 years since I went thru my hell.Anyone out there with this type of cancer?
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No Operation untill June 30th
Hi all my op was cancelled due to a good case of what flu I don't know. I do know that I hated having it cancelled because this stuff can be bad and travel else where when you are coughing and blowing your nose none stop. Well they gave me an azeptomiacian and a steroid shot because my throat was spasmiming or closing and…
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2nd PET Scan
Just wanted to let everyone know that my 2nd PET scan was negative! Yay!!!!
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Nasopharyngeal Follow Up
Just want to share some info for after cancer care - the doctors at Stanford Cancer Center are now checking the neck arteries. They have ordered an ultrasound of my neck to get a baseline. They want to check for scarring of the blood vessels due to radiation. They are also suggesting that I check with my internist to see…
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Full-time work
I have been finished with treatments - chemo & radiation since January 08. I have been working on-call (when I want to). I would like to work full-time again but would like feedback from others on how you are doing working full-time since treatments.
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Financial Assistance specifically for Child Care
I was first diagnosed when pregnant with my first child. For quite some time I have been fortune enough to have my parents staying at my house with my husband and I to help take care of my son. Unfortunately, they are unable to permanently stay living in my house and must move home now. Can you tell me if any one knows of…
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Ham vs. Bacon problem
I am 15 months post tx and still can not taste ham but can taste bacon. Has this or anything like it happened to anyone else??? BILL
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Started eating but can't eat anything now
I had my radiation and chemo end in Jan 08 and have been going through gradual healing. I was able to start eating a few things in late March, eventually only using my PEG tube at night. But, in the last two weeks, have eaten nothing with painful bloating, nausea and sometimes heartburn after eating the least little bit.
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first chemo didnt feel anything
actually worried they didnt give me anything. Tommorrow is my second chemo (every thursday) I started getting a little rash from the erbitux yesterday. I have to eat a bunch of steroids tonight 5 pills of 4mg dexamethasone. Last week was my supposed loading dose. Boy did those steroids made me hungry i ate the night before…
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Oncologist wants me to see a veternarian??
Only because I am healthy as a horse!!! I get so excited the first couple of days after another good checkup, sorry for being so bubbly this early in the morning but, WOO HOO!!!!!!!!
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If you could tell them just ONE thing......
If you could give a new person just starting thier walk through our little corner of Hell just ONE piece of advise(and one only) what would it be. Also, how far into or past treatment are you, just want to see how the advise changes as we progress through Tx and healing. Silly question I know, but I am just curious. My…
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Hi hope everyone is well Operation on June 20,2008
Well I just got back from Seattle. They are wanting to do a double neck disection, do something to my nose, remove all glands in my neck,scrape my mandible to make sure no cancer is there remove my tonsils. Guess what I went from a stage 4 to early stage.Lots of Prayers answered.In the MRI here I had a 7cm by 8cm and…
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chemo in 2 days what supplies should i get?
im getting just chemo to start for 6 weeks erbitux carboplatin taxol i gotta get a thermometer. something to barf in plastic bags? jello (had my teeth out last week) gingerale (do i let the bubbles out) orange peels carnation VHC ( i got my feeding tube put in last week) Thanks victor brown
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doris using the site
Hi sis this little cat is not wanting to eat and it is hard to keep him alive. this site will help you with understanding my cancer you will be able to ask questions and the people here will always answer. I love ya bunches. click on any of the sites you have acess to everyone on line. On the side is where you can view my…