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Nausea side effect
My husband got his first round of cisplatin yesterday. He's nauseated and fatigue.. didn't feel like eating today.. how long is this fatigue and nausea usually last ? Do you have tricks on food intake? Thanks Kathy
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As promised, an update from the MDA visit
I went to MDA today and met with Dr. Blumenshein. For those who don't know who he is, he's the head of the Head and Neck Oncology Department at MDA. Quite an impressive guy. At any rate, he spent a great deal of time with me and even went off to call my Doc here in Dallas to consult. The end result is while he does have a…
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NED!!!
I haven't been on here for a while but wanted to check in and share my good news. 3 years ago this week I started my treatment for my cancer. 35 radiation and 3 rounds of Cisplatin. Today I got the results from my Cat Scan that I had done yesterday and it was all clear. NED. Saw the radiation oncologist and medical…
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Added A New Dance Partner
Greetngs everyone. I saw my ENT today for the periodic exam. She did the usual poke, prod and scoping procedures. When she was done she told me everything looked great and handed me a collar pin. The pin marks the five year point from the end of treatment. Then she told me that we could now view the cancer as cured. Now…
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Mom's treatment
My mom who is extremely claustrophobic made it through the making of the mask, measurements and the first treatment with two valium each time. She will try one valium tomorrow. Thanks all you prayer warriors, your prayers worked. Debbie
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Clean bill of health
I am 2.5 years post last treatment for NPC stage 3 (radiation and chemo, no surgery). 2.5 months ago I had a bad infectious otitis media, followed by a nasty vertigo – and this scared me a lot, I thought it was a reoccurrence. The ENT specialist ordered a few tests, CT, MRI, and nasal scoping done by him, and upon…
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Spinal Cancer from Unknown Source Spread to Neck and Brain
My mother is 62 and her cancer diagnosis was made in January of this year (5 months ago). She was diagnosed with leukemia as well as metastatic cancer from an unknown source. The mets settled in her spine so she has diffuse small tumors up and down her spine and now spread to her neck area and base of the brain. She has…
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New picture
i just changed my picture to show how well I have recovered from the head and neck and small bowel cancer. I have gained a stone in weight in 5 weeks, was 7 St 12oz now I'm almost 9 st. I've been on 2400 calories in 24 hours. Shows things work when you get the correct treatment. for months I blamed my formulas for making…
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Dry Mouth
I'm just about 3 1/2 years out of treatment from stage 4a SCC of the right tonsil, while it took some time I'd say my saliva is back to about 95% , I still drink lots of water every day, but there are still some nights that my mouth seems dry ...I mentioned this to my dentist one day and she gave me a sample of OraCoat…
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Am just wondering
Hi gang All is well just about a year now post treatment back to work hate the 24/7 nite shift as my body goes up and down never liked it before all this happen.Am able to swallow and evn gum most of the comfort food I eat and have gained back 25 of the 55 pounds I lost.Last went in and they took about an inch of bone from…
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The good, the bad, the ugly!
I am not sure if this is the bad or the ugly. I have been on palliative chemo since December. March 31st PET didn't show any uptake. Doctor wanted to stop chemo, heck no, it's working. I continued chemo (taxol), had another PET scan Thursday, results yesterday. Glow shows up (all I can think of is an old song, glow worm)!…
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Tongue cancer with neck dissection but no other treatment
I was wondering if anyone else out there had just a partial glossectomy (about 1/4 of my tongue) and a selective neck dissection. I had a bump removed from my tongue in March, which in spite of biopsies to the contrary, turned out to be cancerous. Then I had to find a pain medication that worked (most narcotics do not work…
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Post treatment pain
Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with cancer on my tonsil last December and I finished my treatment nearly 3 months ago (33 radiation and 3 Cisplatin chemo). I was doing just fine until I saw my ENT last week who thought my pains in the tongue, jaw and ear were a bit "worrisome". Needless to say that it was the only thing I…
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Life after Cancer treatment
Hi everyone. I appreciate all the welcome notes from members. I haven't been on in a while because I got aspiration pneumonia again. If it happens again I get a J tube and won't be able to eat. I'm doing all sorts of throat exercises, thickening my liquids (yuk), and tucking my chin when swallowing. My swallowing…
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Full recovery and beyond?
hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone here or know of anyone who has fully recovered and healed from cancer after treatment? Able to return to same or better physical health compared to pre-cancer. Or any articles or studies out there that you can share. We all need a little inspiration to know that we can achieve more…
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Hard Palate Cancer
Hi, been awhile since I posted, but I have been on a lot reading and sympathizing, with everyone. I finished Radiation on January 6th, and Chemo on Dec 15, 2014. They said from looking with a scope I was NED, on a couple of occasions. But I wasn't.... I was all smiles and happiness until the 14th of May, when I got my new…
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Newly diagnosed Cystic Adenoid carcinoma
Hi All, My husband is recently diagnosed with cystic adenoid carcinoma believed to start from the salivary gland on left side. He's stage 4, spread to 1 lymph node, undetermine mets (T4N1Mx). He was told that surgery is not an option due to the extensive spread of the tumor. He will start proton therapy at Procure in NJ…
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Medicare....AKA Headache time!!
Spent two hours this morning in a seminar about Medicare.....then another hour this afternoon with an advisor from my old insurance hashing it over again....Trying to figure out what to do for my only free enrollment is killing me (like I cannot be denied no matter what my health has been).....I'd be just as uncomfortable…
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Post transplant patients
Has anyone here had a solid organ transplant? My husband got new lungs a little over four years ago. I have seen some very old posts from transplant patients, but none within a year old. My husband has metastatic squamous cell cancer. He had the huge tumor removed from his face and was radiated. He can't get chemo due to…