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hey Bigfuzzy
What you riding I am on a Merida
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today
A PROSPEROUS SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you and all you could hope for from myself and all my family. Hope you are half as lucky as me to have the family and friends I have.
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Enjoy the New Year Everyone
I wish you all the best in 2012 Let us remember all of our family and friend who are still going through treatment as the old year comes to an end and the new one begins. Also let us remember the ones who did not make it to see 2012 may their memories continue to be a part of us here on CSN. I wish and pray for each of you…
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Happy New Year! I'm a little early, but I will be visiting, and they get pissy, if I'm on my phone
. ☆。★。☆。★ . ☆ 。☆ 。☆。☆ ★。☆\|/ ☆ ★ ☆Happy New Year!☆ ☆★。/|\。★☆ ★ 。☆。★ 。☆。 . ☆。 ★。 ☆ ★ . Wishing all a very Happy and Healthy 2012!
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Out with the old, in with the new
Just curious if anyone has new year's resolutions or ideas of what they would like to do different in 2012? I had my treatments in 2010 so spent the bulk of 2011 getting better and stronger. I believe last year was the worst and the best year of my life. I plan on joining a 24/7 gym in town to build back up my strength,…
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seasons late greetings
Hello all my good friends feeling brave enough to face computer. (sometimes I hide on here and do not want to and sometimes I come home from work and am so exhausted I cannot face the typing) if that makes sense. I am here to wish you all had a great safe Christmas or whatever your faith and that you all have a safe entry…
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Tonsil Ca
I was diagnosed in late Oct 2011 with Left tonsil ca. I had a neck resection with one positive node in left neck which was encapsulated. I then underwent a radical tonsillectomy using the Davinci robot all margins were clear. Because of the robotic surgery I was told I would not need chemo and the radiation therapy would…
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Head and neck cancer tinnitus
Has anyone who has been treated for head and neck cancer with radiation have tinnitus (ringing in the ears) becasue of your treatments. If so, did it go away after treatment.
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Avatar
I can remove the pic but if I try to put in a new one it reverts back the one I was using previously. Any thoughts? John
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Another Surgery Down
It's never a good sign when the people in pre-op and recovery recognize you, but after four procedures in seven months what can you expect. Removed the hot spot that showed up on my tongue after the last surgery and the six month scans. The doctor took more than he planned, all in an effort to make sure it is all removed.…
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Throat abscess
So the day after Christmas I ended up in the ER, at first they thought I had pneomia but after a CT scan and some poking around they found a abscess in the area where my left tonsil used to be. So this explains the horable smell that has been coming out of me the last month and also not being able to swallow. Two days on…
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gRADuation Day
Today is finally here, my last rad treatment, yesterday was my last carboplation infusion. It's hard to believe that this journey started with finding a small lump on the rt side of my neck, then progressed to tonsil surgery ,3 seperate chemo infusions 1 every 21 days starting in August, radiation and 1 weekly chemo…
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It has been 1 year and 1 month since I completed radiation~~still can't eat or drink~~still coughing
My radiation treatments were completed on Nov. 5th, 2010. On the 7th on Nov. , 2010 my trach was removed. In December 2010, I started pt with a speech pathologist for 8 weeks.She tested me and the drink still trickled down into the windpipe. Well, a year has passed and I still have the same problem with what they called a…
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5 weeks out of rads and chemo for NPC
I find myself close to soon getting enough food thru my mouth...just eggs and similar simple bland foods but its going down regular.Any other NPCs out there that got back a real appetite and taste buds? When is ir reasonable to ask for the tube to be taken out? I can tell I am healing but get burned out so quick...i am…
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Weight Loss
Lots of talk about weight loss. How many people are satisfied with their loss? I for one lost about 15lbs and am now concentrating on keeping it off without losing much more. This puts me at a BMI of 23 which is where I want to be. This is the only plus to having scchn. Unfortunately now that I am starting to enjoy eating…
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Just curious!!!!
How where you over 7 months out? My husband is over 7 months out. He has not returned to work. I will list his issues below and I am open to any feedback/suggestions. I know it takes a long time to heal. I am just worried he is not progressing much. 1. Weight issues, he weighs 129 - 132 on a good day. If he is having a bad…
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Arm pain question
Jim has started to have pain in his lower left arm, between the elbow and wrist. Could this be treatment related? Should we call the doctor and which, Rad, Chemo, ENT, GP. I know that arm pain can signal heart attach but I think that is uppet arm. Any help is appreciated. Jim is 7 months post treatment. Debbie
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Nasopharyngeal 4B NED
Hello All, my girlfriend completed her rad treatment in late September for nasopharyngeal carcinoma stage 4B and she completed her last chemo about 4 weeks ago. She had her PET scan last week and today we got her result...it's NED! This was her first post treatment PET scan. Doctor said she is all clear from her PET scan…
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new mass found anterior to thyroid lateral to clavicle
hello everyone i am new to the csn website. last tuesday i went to the dr b/c i have been having ear pain for 3 months. I did have pneumonia in september, followed by ear infection in october sinus infection in november. i figured that i just had another ear infection or either the first ear infection had not cleared up. i…
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Jim's new buddy
This is Jim's new buddy. They have the same hobby, naps. He has been great for Jim's outlook on life. We adopted the dog from a rescue place. He is 10 years old, same as Jim in people years. I haven't seen Jim smile or laugh so much in over a year. Having a dog is definately good medicine. Debbie
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please advise....help!
Folks, I am new here....need help,, Had a swollen lymph node left side of neck.... After antibiotic treatment for possible infection, no change.... Had chest xray for possible other swollen nodes....no others.. Had swollen node removed....Squamous cell detected.... went for PET scan....found location in left…
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Heck
Heck maybe I should be on the caregiver site instead of the head and neck cancer site, heck, oh cares you can read it if you want to don;t caire anymore sorry bit just have to get some sleep good night everyone and for give me if I posted it on the wrong site@ Sue
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thanks again every one for the thoughts and prayers!
Been at the hospitol all day, husbands brother and sister-in-law were there when I came home, so was his daughter. I had a very hard day! Husbands cancer doctor said there is nothing more to do nothing else can be done. He has blood clots in both of his veins on each side of his neck. And he face is all swollen up. They…
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thanks again every one for the thoughts and prayers!
Been at the hospitol all day, husbands brother and sister-in-law were there when I came home, so was his daughter. I had a very hard day! Husbands cancer doctor said there is nothing more to do nothing else can be done. He has blood clots in both of his veins on each side of his neck. And he face is all swollen up. They…
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TO Radiate or NOT Radiate... That is the ?????
Okay... Here are the facts... My Dad, 64, got his Squamous Cell Carcinoma Primary Unknown Diagnosis back on November 28th (the first day he started his up-front Chemo). We knew it was Cancer in late SCC Cancer in late October but it took us 6 weeks to get a "unknown primary" diagnosis because of weather issues that closed…
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Back in the Hospital... Weak & Distended Abdomen....
Hello all... I am new at the board (wrote my first post the other day). I am the "online" voice for my Dad who has SCCHN with an unknown Primary. He was just admitted into the hospital again (first time was for strep two weeks ago). He just received his second round of up front Chemo a week ago today. Like the first time,…
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Something maybe going on
last couple of weeks have had a sore inside of mouth and earache of and on on the left side, made an appointment to see the ENT at Hershey next Monday.
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Tongue ulcer from rad?
Did anyone develop ulcers on the side of the tongue where the radiation (primary tonsil) was aimed? I am 2 weeks done treatment, and I mostly escaped mouth sores but I have what looks like an ulcer on the side of my tongue at the back.
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Merry Christmas to all
To a very special group of people I would like to send a warm wish for a very merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy new year. Many sleepless nights I turned to all of you for support and received it generously. I could not end my night without wishing you all my best regards. Hope alls well Michelle
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Another Merry Christmas and a big Thank You
Hi All, Just wanted to add my wishes for a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to all of you. Thank you so much for all you have done for me. You have helped me through the most difficult time of my life, and gave me the support and knowledge to be the best caregiver I could be to my husband. Each and every one of you…