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Needing some advice please!
Hi All, So I am waiting again for another appointment with my ENT. It seems that is all I have been doing is the waiting thing. I was diagnosed with "Cancer" September 24 and I am still waiting. I have my appointment Dec.15 with my ENT to discuss the next step.. Am very confused, isn't it supposed to be the sooner you are…
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loss of gum tissue
I have been somewhat active on this forum for a short while, partly in hopes of getting answers to what, as you know, are important questions we all have about our symptoms and experiences. I am on record as to what my treatment was, and have been unable to find anyone with two 2-pump treatments for 4 days/each, which…
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For Hondo
Hi Hondo, I just wanted to tell you that I am back from my "girlfriend" trip and that my husband survived without me just fine. He even went pheasant hungting for 3 days. I am so proud of him for persevering thru this treatment and now continuing on with life even tho it's tougher and he tires more easilyl And yes, I fell…
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T-minus 10 days and counting
Due to the medical facts and some of contributors here on this site, their encouragement, stories, etc, I decided to take the radiation. I was fitted for my IMRT mask Thursday 12/03. The final tweaks on the mask occur 12/16 and I suspect radiation treament to begin no later than 12/21. Your stories and comments are truly…
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A question for tongue cancer patients
I know the normal course of action for tongue cancer patients is radiation along with chemo. However, my father who has tongue cancer will not have to undergo chemo. We, of course, were very happy to hear this and I think my mom wanted to jump on the drs desk and start dancing! Anyway, my question is to those of you who…
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Just Wondering
My husband just started rads, 2 down 33 to go, and he has been hiccuping after each rad session. Also, says he is sweating alot, beads of sweat on his head and body is sort of clammy, hot and cold one minute to the next. He has BOT SCCa stage 2. It may seem silly, but I am a worrier, (trying to be a warrior) so is this in…
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good news today
I am so happy to write that my husband Kevin had a good report from his recent PET/CT scans today. They found three very tiny blips that the doctors are not at all concerned about that will be monitored at the next scans in March. He is also having an ultra sound to check his thyroid at the end of the month. It is not lit…
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Good news
As some of you know, I had HPV-derived Stage III SCC of the right tonsil, a tonsillectomy, 30 rads, two rounds of cisplatin and a modified radical neck dissection. The chemo and rads ended in October 2008, and I had the neck dissection in January '09. Today I went back to Johns Hopkins for a full-body PET scan and a CAT…
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Sun Sensitivity Advice please ?
HI Posters. I will shortly return to the Southern Hemisphere where it will be mid Summer and I will be exposed to a lot more sun. The Doctors said not to go out in the sun during my treatment (RT and Erbitux) but I am unsure of how long that should be for ?? I am in my 8th week post treatment. Obviously i need to be…
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Done Deal
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped me through this ordeal. Hopefully I can be of help to someone. Alex.
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It is finally over
Hello Cancer Fighters and Survivors. I hope everybody is doing well. I am 4 weeks out of 35 consecutive rads and 6 treatments of Erbitux. Aside from the rash from Erbitux, I was doing pretty good until the end of week 6. the rad cone down of week 7 and the first 10 days of recovery were very tough. In week 2 of recovery,…