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Tomorrow is ten days of treatment
Hello everyone tomorrow marks tens days of treatment...10 rounds of radiation and 2 rounds of chemo. Today I noticed a change in the my mouth, NO pain just an over all yucky taste!!! Slight scratchy throat but nothing too bad. Extremely tired and hate that most foods taste like crap, how does one survive the nasty taste of…
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will the phlegm disappear after radiation?
Will the phlegm (mucus) disappear after the radiation is over? And will I be able to swallow again?''
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Almost 5 yr survival
hi, some of you know me and helped me when I first was diagnosed with BOT cancer. I had surgery for the removal of the tumour. I had 6 weeks of radiotherapy. i lost shoulder muscle and disfigurement one side of my mouth. After surgery I could swallow okay and after the Trachie came out I could speak fairly well. After six…
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Bad news...
Hi everyone...yesterday I got some bad news. I had my first ct scan done after finishing radiation and surgery for mandible SSC cancer and the king by showed a 1cm non calcified nodule in my lower left lung . Biopsy is scheduled but trying to move it up. Needless to say, I am depressed and feel like giving up. I fought so…
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Magic mouthwash
Hello Everyone just picked up my magic mouthwash....doesn’t smell bad which is a good thing but what about taste?? I can not do things that taste gross. Also no info on this on the pamphlet they give other the four times a day before meals and bedtime. Does this help with the throat meaning soreness?? Thank in advance…
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Shake Boosters
Hi, I'm in week 3-4 of my 7 week IMRT treatment for the left tonsil. I've lost a couple pounds in the last couple of days and don't have a PEG. I think I am getting close to not eating anything solid because of ulcers on my tongue and soreness in the roof of my mouth. I'm getting ready to switch to the VHC Boost to get my…
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Spinal Accessory nerve damage?? Post Modified Radical Neck surgery
Can anyone help point me in the right direction for some help with shoulder, trapazoid, and range of motion issues caused by damage to my spinal accessory nerve during a modified radical neck surgery? I was diagnosed with squamous cell (HPV 16) stage 4 cancer in November. In December my left tonsil amoung other things were…
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Friday
IT’S FRIDAY and that means that those of us who are going thru treatment get to have 2 days off! WooHoo! Really I just wanted to wish you all a great weekend and hope that you all get some rest and feel good...wherever you may be! I’m in Southern CA and we are looking at sunny skies at 76* tomorrow. You?
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everything tastes like paste
Hi All. I'm receiving radiation and chemo for tonsil cancer (hpv+). I had one round of Cisplatin but my reaction was so poor that we may switch to carboplatin. The nausea and vertigo was insane. Also, I have had 16 radiation treatments so far (total of 37 when it is all over). Now that the nausea is finally under control,…
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Food, Food,and Food
I'm nearing the end of my 2nd week of treatment. My sense of taste left last night without even saying goodbye! I was expecting this but am surpised how hard it is to ear when everything tastes so awful. I know everyone experiences this to some degree but was wondering how you handled it. Was there certain foods that were…
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Squarmous Cell Carcinoma
Hi thsi is my first post, still working it out, doing LDN and ALA
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Nausea took meds and woke in a pool of sweat
Went to bed around 9:30 feeling so damn nauseous, took both nausea meds and prayed it would pass. Now just woke to body completely drenched in sweat like when a fever breaks. Is the the norm for chemo/radiation?? Chemo was Monday and I have been fine till this morning it kinda started with the nausea but tonight took the…
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Third day of radiation and one chemo treatment
Good afternoon...third day of radiation and I’m not sure if its all in my head and I’m overthinking but all of a sudden I feel a dull pain at the sight of radiation. Is this normal or premature?? I don’t feel sick any other way no pain when swallowing it’s more a dull pain in the neck like the inside. My radiation is just…
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Possible Neck Cancer
Hello, For the past year (14 months) I have been experiencing swollen lymph nodes on the right side of my neck. I feel three total nodes and only one is soft and palpable. I have seen 3 different ENTs and they all say everything is normal, but I do not feel that way. In addition to the swollen nodes, there is a constant…
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Fishbone stuck like feeling in throat for 4+ months
First of all, thank you for opening this post. I guess you'd have seen many such posts. Okay I've been planning to post this for a few weeks now but lazyness got the best of me. Been a smoker for say 1.6 years ( 1 year only J's and J's and cigarettes another 6 months). So it all started around mid December last year. I had…
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Day one done 34 more to go!!
Good evening new friends sorry I didn’t post earlier but I came home changed and crashed and just woke a while ago. Treatments went well the staff at Smilow Cancer Center at Yale are absolutely amazing. My chemo nurse Chris is wonderful she explained every step hour of hydration, 45 mins of nausea meds, then hour of…