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Ups and Downs
I am having trouble with all the emotions I am feeling concerning my husband's cancer. Some days I feel good and hopeful and other days like yesterday I feel so helpless. How have other caregivers and survivors dealt with this issue. It is still so new and the fear of the unknown is even making it worse. I know there are…
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MOM
Lost my 82-year old Mother on Thursday afternoon. She'd battled MS for 35 years, beginning with a game left leg, then this, and then also that, leading to her being unable to care for herself for the last 8 years. Early in the week she developed a sinus issue, went to the hospital for a night's stay, and the next day…
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radiation - how much should be given
I had a lump behind my ear and it was SCC from a skin cancer that was not taken care of by my dermatologist. I had a fna, pet scan and surgery to remove the lymph node attahed to the parotid that had the scc in it. Surgeon also removed one more node that looked bad and a little section of skin where it all started. Surgeon…
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Numoisyn™ Lozenges
Has anyone tried this? Looks pretty good. I am going to ask my doc after long week end. Thanks, Sam
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Sad this mornig.
I know this is a little off topic but I just had to write this. Yesterday we had our beloved dog "Shandy" a soft coated wheaten terrier put to sleep, she was only 10years old. The past week or so she had not been eating and all she did was throw up and lost weight, , Vet gave nausia meds, no good so we did blood work…
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Phrannie51
Hi girl ! So you're almost done with treatments ? I wanted to let you know that deep itch you're feeling in your saliva glands I have too. Hard to describe too others not experiencing this. Did ask my onc., said it was the healing process. Thought dude...I want you all to experience this, have an itch you can't scratch !…
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Does anyone know?
I just wanted to make sure that tongue cancer is part of the head and neck cancer? That cancer ribbon is burgundy and ivory or white correct? How has everyone been doing? I have been doing great! Feeling blessed and praying for you all each and every night.
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Here's lookin at you, kid... sort of
Ah, radiation and chemo; the gifts that keep on giving. My ophthalmologist told me Friday that I have 'radiation-induced' cataracts... After a peek at the eyes, he noted that my cancer had most likely been base-of-tongue (correct) and he was seeing the result of radiation scatter. I was a stage 4, with multiple lymph node…
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Where do I start....
Well first off I love this site and I'm so glad I found it about 10weeks ago when I finished rads. I wished I'd found it sooner. So here I am 10 weeks out from rads, 12 weeks out from Erbitux for SCC IV larynx HPV negative. I see my ENT on Friday and should get a schedule for my first PET post treatment. Here's my concern…
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Mouth has a funky
feel to it, its not painful just icky (medical term?) 3 weeks out now, still a red neck but with no pain. Maybe getting Erbitux revenge since Im getting something that looks to be a rash and pimple combination. But its this nasty taste in mouth or what feels like pudding mouth ?? just scum on sides. I brush daily and…
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False positive on PT scan????
I had SCC in 2006 (left side of neck-tonsil)and again in January of this year(right side of neck-base of tongue)....went through chemo and radiation and finished 4 months ago.....now i have developed a hard lump on left side that has been there for a month....had a PT scan and now they say I have a hot spot on scan and…
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PET and Thyroid
Hi to all my good cyber friends here at CSN. After reading a lot of the posts today I almost didn't post this because so many are suffering with this disease and I'm not all that sick anymore. But then again, don't we all post PET results? On the way to my rad Onc's office I realized that I hadn't obsessed about this first…