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Head and Neck Cancer

Archives for October 2015

Radial arm free flap question?
Hi All; I am a recent new member to this forum and I have read many of the posts and have found them to be really helpful. For context, I am 48 years old, non smoker, HPV negative and a decent competitive runner. I am also a recent survivor of SCC. A year ago I had a biopsy done and was found to have a T1 N0 M0 that was on…
burning sore throat
I have been cancer free for 4 years. Last month I posted on the board that I had just started having a burning sore throat. Several helpful people suggested that it might be caused by acid reflux. I have been taking Prilosec now for about three weeks, but I still have the sore throat and now ear pain (probably…
now this
After all of this, during the past 36 hours my throat has gotten to point I cannot speak, or just barely audible.. Except for the discomfort maybe not all that bad. I naver have been exactly a chatty socialite, as you guys can probably tell. More hoarse than when I initially visited the ENT and was diagnosed in July.
new from England, 2yrs post op and having problem
Hi new here from England, two years post op( Oct 13) for stage 3 SCC left tongue,partial glossectomy, reconst from leg, neck dissection, 35 rads and have peg fitted. Have got through many effects and always exercise for tight neck. Really thought i was "on my way". For the past four months have had a feeling of pressure on…
NED
On May 12th I was diagnosed with stage 4 right tonsil cancer with multiple node mets. May 27th I started 35 treatments of radiation with 5 treatments of Erbitux. Today, the 7th day of October, my Follow-up PET Scan shows no evidence of any remaining disease. Hmmm, the 7th, seems a familiar number to me. On the 7th day God…
Aloe Vera juice
I did a search of previous posts and didn't find too much regarding the juice. A physician friend of ours gave us a bottle of aloe Vera juice to help with mouth/throat rawness. I am wondering if any one else has used this and how much daily etc? Barbara
Winter around the orner
I have got through the last three years without a cough or cold. Two weeks ago I got a chest infection and I cancelled my throat dilation. I got better, now today I'm aching in bone joints in my hands, my head, my teeth, my eyes my nose is alternating between stuffed up and runny., I have a temperature of 38.1. I don't…
back...with more paranoia
So, I finished my treatment one week ago and things are calming down,.. still my taste has eveaporated again. No pain or anything residual from the treatment to speak of but one week out I am noticing the same issue that had me seek treatment in the first place. Scratchy, itchy throat, coughing caused by that constant…
throat cysts
I have been trying to tell my drs that it looked like something inside of my throat was looking wierd, so I made an appt with my fabulous ENT. Seems that I have a cyst on the left side of my throat and will have to have it removed. They will take skin from my wrist and graft it over the hole after they see if there is…
Round Two
Fellow warriors I haven't been on much lately because as I have explained in a previous posting it just seems cancer is all around me. I spoke abote one of our secretaries who developed brain cance in March and has sincepassed away and another officer of the local is also battling cancer. Now for another kick in the butt I…
neck massage
my loving boyfriend was dx after 1 1/2 years of a hoarse voice wth stage 4 SCC of the larynx , trachea, strap neck muscles and thyroid. had total laryngectomy on 8/21/2015 and doing well with his 2nd week of radiation. But neck scar is stiff and I am looking for help with education on scar massage of the neck. Anyone out…
Just diagnosed with OSCC, 30 yr old, looking for advice on care
received tongue biopsy results Thursday that I have squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Had a CT scan which showed that it has not spread to lymph nodes. My best estimate is the spot on my tongue is 2 CM and about half way back on the riget side. So just self diagnosing I would say I'm a Stage 1 or at worst Stage 2. I'm…
New Granddaughter
My number 7 grandchild came to be a part of our family yesterday. She weighed in at 8lbs \13oz and 19 inches long. I now have 5 Girls and 2 Boys; just 10 years ago I did not believe I would ever see this day. It sure makes an old man happy
Check ups
For those that have been around the board for a while, you will know gthat I had larynx cancer stage 3 in 2009, had chemo and radiation and in 2014 ENT said no need to see him anymore as it was considered cured. Good. In 2012 a small nodule was found on my lung during a physical nuclear stress test. The nodule was very…
Newly diagnosed SCC unk Primary so far Help?
Hi, new here. 48yo female, west of Atlanta, GA. I'm learning all I can. I have SCC unk primary. I have an appt with CTCA next Friday for evaluation, tests etc. I had a cervical lymph node level II biopsied that came back cancer. I also had ThyCa in 2003 but this seems to be unrelated although I had RAI with the thyroid. I…
Survivor Support Group in Richmond (Henrico) Virginia
I am the wife of a very recent (May) head and neck cancer survivor. What I learned very quickly was that my husband had a lot of post-treatment-cancer questions that I could not answer. In short, I understand that I can't understand. Of course, I investigated cancer survivor support groups here in our hometown, Richmond,…
Treatment done, now for the healing! And waiting
I just had my last radiation tx today so no more abusing my body for a while. I feel much better than I expected for this point, though they say it can get worse over the next week. I don't eat anything these days, the PEG was a very smart thing to do, but I find myself craving the day I can taste again. Even all, those…
Greetings...
Greetings... Just a flashback from 2014 to present, LOL... As a few of you may, or may not remember that I had the Whipple back in April of 2014... For a pre-cancerous cyst that had a great likelihood of turning into cancer if not whipped soon. So after having the whipple, not fully recovering, having an abscess that…

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