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On the Journey
Friends, Completed treatment 30 rads IMRT on April 19 and am close to five months out. Have gone back to "regular" food but watch the spices and the chips...yet my mouth still out of nowhere stings and hurts. It comes and goes and is not really tied to a certain food. Is this part of the journey? Still waiting on my first…
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Everything looks fantastic
That's the exact quote the pulmonary doctor said as she entered the room. Had the scan at 8am and the results at 9am. She showed me the scan on the computer in the room. The nodule has not changed and there are no new ones, they also scanned the throat and she said it looked good but she is not an H&N doc, will see him…
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Worried, dad still not eating
Hey everyone, Sorry to see some of you have been dealing with bad news while I was absent. I read a few posts that sounded very positive as well. I'm wiring tonite bc I can't get over worrying about my dad. He's still using peg tube, he's only tried a few diff foods, pudding and jello, but complains that it burns then…
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Must admit
Have to admit that this is the most anxiety ever about a scan, probably because it's to track a nodule in my lung. All the PET scans, cat scans, x-rays, scopes, probes that I have gone through the past 4 years or so you would think would put some steel in my backbone, but but this one's got me worried. 8am in the machine…
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Radiation or not
I had squamous cell cancer and had my voice box removed, I have a laryngectomy, that will be permanent. It is certainly not easy getting use to having a hole in my neck. But I figure I will learn the ins and outs and learn to live with it. The Doctor (Surgeon) says he is sure he got all the cancer cells with the surgery…
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Hi Everyone and Thank You.
I came into this forum only after receiving my treatment of 20/33 radiation and 2/3 of chemo/cisplatin and I am glad to read what am I going to expect during and after treatment. Thank God, its never too late. On 24 Jan 2013, I had a left mandibular surgery (15 hours) which I lost my jaw bone and 5 teeth. I had my biopsy,…
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I HAVE A DREAM...
...that one day we will have a pink heart shape pill that cures all cancers and our biggest complaint will be that it comes only in 6 different flavors. Please, join me in this dream and until then god bless us with nothing but happy hopeful days. Laz
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prognosis stage IV
Did anyone get a prognosis for stage IV cancer, I think thats what my stage may be. I didn't get any info on the stages or the prognosis. Reading the forums it seems to me about 2/3 of cancers come back again. Thats worrying although many of you came through a second cancer . I read that once the cancer reaches the lymph…
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traumatic neuroma
I couldn't help myself......I googled cartoid artery and radical neck dissections. I was pleasantly surprised with the articles from specialists I found. non-neoplastic exaggerated response to nerve injury....showing up 1-2 yrs after surgery. (rare-not everyone will experience it) Simply put my nerve endings are trying to…
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Throat)
I am terminal and already outlived Dr. giving me July-Aug to die. I'm still on my feet, but not every day. I had 3 really bad weeks and then 2 very good weeks. Always weak and tired, but exercise legs every day on my adult tricycle. Please pass this on> My Dr. gave me what is called Magic Mouthwash and it has made all the…
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Another dental question...
When I was diagnosed with cancer, they knew immediately it was a BIG tumor and it was IN my lower left jaw. I had a tooth on my lower right side that needed a root canal. No one wanted to do it before surgery because I had to use the right side to eat and so we waited. Well, after surgery, I still (of course) had to use…