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Head and Neck Cancer

Archives for May 2014

mikemetz
HI all I read on Mike's blog that his 12 hour jaw surgery went weil and he is in ICU till at least today. He was in an induced coma to make him lay still and so the graft could heal. He had "free flap" surgery for the ORN issues he's had for many months. Keep him in your thoughts. All the best, Steve
will there be another tumor in my body!
Tomorrow i have MRI for Sinus & Skull, CT scan for Head, Neck and Chest. And Pet CT... Im sure all of you here went through this in a way or another. But for me its still so overwhelming!! April 3 I had my first surgery ever, thinking that it’s nothing! Then I found out I had Olfactory Neuroblastoma, a rare tumor… and…
Pics of post op
I read a post on which someone wanted to see pics of dissection op I found mine on page 20 titled 8 weeks from op. This isn't to scare but to show how quick you recover. The op looks gruesome but I had no pain.
Pics of post op
I read a post on which someone wanted to see pics of dissection op I found mine on page 20 titled 8 weeks from op. This isn't to scare but to show how quick you recover. The op looks gruesome but I had no pain.
"Blue" Day Today
Hello All, I am still here in the shadows watching over each of you. Today was a rather "blue" day for me as I recalled what I was doing on this day last year. Tomorrow at 9:17 AM, it will be one year since my wonderful Ron left on his final journey. I have to believe he reached his destination. This last year has probably…
Sunshine
Just seen some comments(tongue in cheek) about the UK weather, it's been really warm for the time of the year for a while now, in fact the tempertures have been above average for a couple of months. I sat in the sun today until I got too hot and had to come inside. I had my big brim sun hat on. I live in the south so…
Skiffin heading home today 5/4
Well, I am finally able to post this good news !!! John is supposed to be sprung today and heading home by this afternoon...... YIPPPPEEEEEEE.
Sunshine - How to handle it if I am that lucky
Friends, we are rapidly approaching Brit summertime. It is quite possible we may actually see the the sun (although not guaranteed obviously). I know that some of you live in parts of the US and further afield which can get pretty hot. I am an outdoors person and will also travel in Europe post treatment where it is fairly…
anyone have the neck dissection AFTER rad/chemo?
the lymph gland is dead..but it isn't absorbing into the body like they would like it to do so they want to be safe and are considering the neck dissection after his finishes rads this week..has anyone else had the surgery AFTER?
late effects of cancer treatment
Almost four years out from his successful cancer treatment, Jim had a (minor) setback last weekend. Although happily ensconced at home again, last Sunday they strapped a DNR bracelet on his wrist. Jim has developed anaplastic anemia subtype pancytopenia as a result of his chemotherapy and radiation. This is otherwise known…
Bilateral neck dissection swelling
Hey everyone! Like many, I had the neck dissection to remove cancerous lymph nodes. I had 2 cancerous nodes and they took out over 100 on each side. Better safe than sorry?! Anyhow, I have horrible swelling above my incision site. I have taken herbal lymphatic drainage supplements but I still have swelling. I visitied my…
Spam Emails
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It's not cancer till the doc's say it's cancer. Well, they said it's cancer+UPDATE of UPDATE
Went in this morning to have a 1.4 cm lesion removed along with half my thyroid. They did a quick check of the tissue in the OR and found some cancer cells. The surgeon, who told me before the surgery that if it was positive was going to take the whole thyroid. Well he didn't. He felt that the margins were firmly defined…
Checking in...
Hi all. I haven't posted in a while, and finally had a few minutes to myself today to sign in. I am so sad to read of some of the losses, recurrances and new battles with the dreaded "c" word that some of you are going through now. Every one of you helped Pat and myself get through some of the roughest days of our lives.…
What's going on with my tongue???
Hi everyone! My name is Kelly and my cancer (Sqaumous cell carcinoma) started on my tongue. It spread to lymph nodes and I've had bilateral neck dissection, chemo and radiation. My last "sunshine hour" was on Valentine's Day and I've been slowly getting better. I'm so glad I found this support group because I feel so alone…
Septoplasty & Balloon Sinuplasty
Hi All. Stage four, nasopharengeal carcinoma, cancer survivor. I am four years post treatment. I have chronic sinusitis and my ENT is recomending that I have a Septoplasty & Balloon Sinuplasty performed. All I can find online are horror stories about the septoplasty. Has anyone ever had either of these procedures? What was…
Oil Pulling
Hi, folks! I've been quiet lately, but still visiting several times a week to check in on everyone. I'm doing just fine--had my slightly early two year check-up last week and got the word NED again, which was great news! I'd had breathing problems a couple months ago that were scary (and of course, my first thoughts went…
Update on swallowing problem
At my last check up I was shown a photo of my blockage in my throat the feeding tube part of it, it's fully closed. The surgeon said it was the radiation and in rare cases this can happen. My options we're wait a few months to see if it would improve as they think it could still be swollen if not to go through my peg tube…
Skiffin on Skiffin
Just a quick thank you for everyone here, their thought, prayers, caring and compassion for my family (Shelley and myself)... Im still in the hospital and on the mend.., on schedule and hope to go home sometime this weekend. Continued prayers and and thoughts for Shelley and I are always welcome.. With the the pain meds…
Father has a big surgery tomorrow.. Need your prayers
My father has had Oral SCC that refuses to go away. He had an 18 hour surgery long time ago which rendered him unable to eat from mouth due to removal of Upper and lower Jaw on one side of the mouth. The refuses to leave after nuerous treatments chemo radiation surgery clin trials. He also had a PEG tube placed when this…

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