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Depresion
I went shopping today with the family, everyone getting some warm clothes for the fall. I was trying on some clothes and took a look at myself in the full length mirror and did not like what I saw. I was seriously overweight but I have always been as strong as a bull moose and now after loosing over a 100 pounds in a fast…
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New to board
Hi, my name is Denise and I am new to this board. I have throat cancer. On the vocal cords. Two weeks ago when they did the biospy, they put in a trach for fear my throat my close. It did not, but now I have the trach. My results were a rare cancer, long name, but I understand it is considered T3, everything else a 0, if…
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Amalgam Fillings
I am curious how many here either have or have had Amalgam fillings (or other metal alloys) in their teeth, how many and if you still have them or not. I recently had the last of about 8 + amalgam fillings replaced with Resin. I have had them since I was a child. There is also research showing the trapped bacteria within…
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Chicken broth through G-Tube? Is it ok?
I have been feelilng so weak on Ensure and Gatorade and we called my Dietician yesterday and she was gone for the long weekend. Can someone tell me if it's OK to put chicken broth down the g-tube (I have a gastrostomy not a PEG) and my husband is making a chicken soup and is going to strain it and put it down the tube. Any…
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Deported
Reckon it is kinda significant- got my Power Port out this past Thursday morning. Had it since 1/29/09. And this is the last of the treatment hardware- gone. Woulda kept it, were it not for the $134/month flushes and lost work time. Still think about the 5-year thing, you know, and it's only been 17-months since my last…
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Gratitude with my morning coffee
I would like to offer a sincere thank you to everyone here who told me that I would get through this terrible experience, that I COULD do this. I had no idea what I was up against, and I didn't believe you at the time, but because of all of your encouragement, I gave it my best shot. And, you know what? It worked. I got…
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More biopsies
Well yesterday I had another round of biopsies, the intial results showed no cancer but will have to wait a week for the official results. This round of biopsies has been really painful, having a hard time swallowing and a lot of ear pain. The doctors went deeper and more extensive this time. Brad
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Low blood pressure, high heart rate after radiotherapy
My wife had 16 lymph nodes removed from her neck by surgery and 3 of them were malignant at the end April 2010. She then had 29 radiotherapy sessions. After 7 weeks she now is mostly ok. Sense of taste is still weird and no saliva. She also has a high heart rate (100 bpm) and low blood pressure 100/60. I have read this…
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Still Very Fatigued at 5 weeks after radiation
Guys I am worried something is wrong because of how fatigued I feel. I sit here on the couch everday and sleep all the time and I feel so tired. I am getting 6 cans a day in the peg and over 10 cups of water a day. Have any of you felt like this or should I have some concerns about what I am going through? Any replys would…
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One year check up
I had a great report (SCC, left tonsil, 2 lymph nodes). Everything looks good. I had a PET at 9 months and it looked good too. The doctor is very pleased with the progress. I have been reading this site every couple days since I ended treatment last August. I don't post often but feel a need to say thank you to everyone…
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Feeding Tube - Check - Done!
PEG Tube done today, and Bob is spending night in hospital for observation and nutritional consult in the morning. We just got home, and he was resting comfortably when we left, on some good pain meds. He did have some pain from it - I guess from going through the stomach wall, blah blah... but he's ok. They showed me how…
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Trouble swallowing
Does anyone have an answer for trying to eat? Dave has the magic mouthwash and it does not help. He has a feeding tube and we will begin using it now, but I also want him to continue trying to swallow to keep his throat muscles working, any suggestions what will help with the soar throat. No sores yet so no problems there…
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new biopsies
Prayers needed for my husband. Jim has just finished treatment for hypopharyngeal and base of tongue cancer. When the gastroenterologist placed the feeding tube prior to treatment, he was very unnerved by the way Jim's esophagus looked. He will be doing biopsies Tuesday. I've known this physician for many years: I am more…
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Adding chemo to prescribed radiaiton following neck dissection
I had a modified neck dissection 2 weeks ago and 1 out of 20 nodes biopsied showed positive for SCC. They believe the node in my neck (level 2a) began as a surface level SCC on my forehead (removed twice, once in 2003 and again in 2009), both times they thought they got clean margins. Because the positive node had extra…
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Need some advice
To make a long story short, I have a problem with lymph fluid (chyle) drainage in my neck. Over the past week; with a drain tube in my neck, a pressure dressing, and a modified diet, the fluid drainage output is almost zero - much to my ENT's surprise. Tuesday, he removed the drain but I still have the dressing and…
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Laryngeal Cancer
I got a question for you all, how do you handle all the people that want to give you a pity party? i am 18 radiation treatments in of 35 for cancer of the larnynx and so far am still working 60 plus hours a week not saying its easy but heck i just schedule it in so it doesent affect work. The thing that bothers me the most…
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Got some new news
Well I was all set to start my radiation next week on the 7th. I felt I was pretty prepared for all I had in store thanks to you guys! Well out of the blue they called me Monday to come in on Tuesday to talk with a different Oncologist. So I go and of course my mother tags along. The board of Oncologists decided it would…