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Finished!!!!
Just wanted to post and say thank you so very very much to everyone on this forum, and those who kindly took the time to respond personally to my posts about my husband!!! Means so much, and was, truly, what got me through the early days of his diagnosis. Was my sanity. And the information I gleaned here, helped me take…
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Chemo Saliva
Hello Everyone, Daisy (Lisa). Here. Has anyone developed a disgusting horrible form of saliva called Chemo Saliva & I'm 4 yrs of dealing with it getting worse. It's, thick, disgusting tasting, no watery element to it. Though it was gone along with all Saliva but a great Accupuncturist followed a Dr who came up with an…
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1 year after Radical neck dissection
Hi Not sure how to classify what I had, let's just say, HPV Tonsil cancer with 2 local recurrences, all told, radiation, dissection, chemo, dissection, and Keytruda for almost 10 months. Parts of tongue, base of mouth, tonsil area, jaw bone, lymph nodes, all one sidebut all surgically altered in some way. Rebuilt , this…
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My throat cancer
Hi Just heard about the Cancer Survivor Network and found it very helpful. I was diagnosed with throat cancer in May, 2019, had a golf ball size tumor on the left side of my throat. First general doctor in October, 2018 said it was nothing just by feeling it. 8 months later (as it got bothersome) saw a different doctor and…
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ATC free for now - what is next??
My husband's PET Scan (3 months after end of radiation/chemo) showed no new or remaining cancer. He was diagnozed with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. His doctor said that in about 3 months time she will simply examine him for any pain, swelling etc, but no new scans would be scheduled at this stage. But how can we be sure that…
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My Thomas is gone
Yesterday my Thomas started his new journey. He's now free of all the chemo and radiation and their horrible side effects. He's free of the hundreds of tests and infusions and lab works. He's free of the difficulty eating and breathing. Hes finally free. He fought one hell of a battle against the odds with dignity and…