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Can't Find Prognosis
Tonsil with multiple lymph node involvement (all on one side of neck). HPV or not - was not tested apparently. Was told Stage 4. 7 weeks of rad and chemo (1x per week). Starting week 3. Feel the docs are evasive as to prognosis. One told me 90% 5-year sr, then changed it to 70%. Other doc when told said he agreed. Third…
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CT results
Clean! NED remains my friend. Had my scan w/contrast this morning. My appt. isn't until Thursday but the nurse gave it up when I called, she always does. In addition, my last dive in the hyperbaric chamber is tomorrow morning. I will have finished 30 tx (60 hours). Going on vacation next week, to your neck of the woods…
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One hell of a week
Hi all: Just got back home from Chatt. for the past week. Remember my best friends Steve and Beki and Steve is finishing up lung cancer treatment this week? Well, last Sun. nite 3/24 their house burned down and Beki's 95 year old father was staying with them and he did not make it out! I was up there as soon as I could get…
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Where will I go after this
For so long it seems I have been in the thick of battle. Fighting the terrible beast at all costs. So what happens when David passes from this world? I no longer have a job, the house isn't in my name, I won't have a husband, my dance instructor moved. What do I do and where should I go. I don't even know about the CSN…
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Questions about Tonsil Biopsy
Rob had a tonsil biopsy on Thursday and today has been his worst pain. We thought it would have started to get better by now. When do you think his pain from the biopsies will end? And befroe this he had no visual sign of cancer inside his mouth like the pics we have seen and now it looks just like them. Very swollen,…