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BEWARE!!!!
Hello everyone, Just wanted to alert everyone on this site that scammers are creating profiles and sending private messages to members. They first talk about how their spouse and children died and how they were recently diagnosed with cancer and only has two weeks to live and has millions of dollars in a bank in West…
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Finished rads
I have now finished my rads. I,m Ok not too much damaged, I have no ulcers so far but some burns on my neck. I,m having a lot of wrenching and heartburn. The doc has given me new tablets for acid but it was even worse tonight I was very sick tonight. does anyone else suffer with acid reflux
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Replacing peg tube
So my fiance has been using a peg tube for three months and we discovered a leak today (not from the peg tube site, but a little down from the top of the peg tube opening)...it is not leaking to create a mess but we are worried that this may lead to complications. His doctor will be looking at it on Monday and possibly…
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A strange question regarding food...
My 17 year old LOVES peanut butter sandwiches. He eats at least 1-2 a day. He hates the crust so he cuts it off and gives it to our dog (who is very happy about it!) Yesterday, I grabbed one of the crusts to nibble on as he made another sandwich and about 2 minutes after I ate it, the inside of my mouth started swelling.…
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updates
Hey everyone, Well I'm up and running with my old cancer center. Not much has changed with tx's or plan of attack on anything. Which in itself has given me a break on thinking or reacting to any negativity. (more scans and tests in Nov) I do sleep more now than before. And the pain in the lungs is increasing. But I have…
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Needing Prayers, Pockets, & Good Vibes
My friends, Just wanted to give you an update on my daughter, Johnnybegood(Colon Forum). She had her long awaited CT & the results were as we feared. Since being off chemo for 2 mo. to promote healing of her Hand & Foot Syndorme, her largest lung mets have all grown. So she will be restarting the dreaded Irinotecan. It is…
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Mouth feels burn and throat feels constricted
I just finished my 3rd week of radiation and 2 chemos. Now I experience a burning pain in my mouth like a pulsation. Lips feel puffy. When I swallow, it seems the esophagus has constricted or narrowed. Thick mucous come out of mouth and stuck in back of throat. Making it hard to swallow. Is this gonig to get worse for the…
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Two and a half weeks in to radiation therepy...
And...he's still yelling at the TV when his football team messes up On a serious note though, I did notice that he was noticably more tired toward the end of this week, appetite has definitely taken a nose dive, and throat is starting to get a slight 'raw' feeling...No radiation burn yet, or really even much, if any,…
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Prayers Needed fo a friend. Tonsil Cancer
A family friends mother was diagnosed with tonsil cancer. She is being treated at MD Anderson. Please pray for her.
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Facebook Friends?
I notice many of you are on FB. If you want to send me a friend request I'm Tracy Lynn Spivey Lankford. Post yours if you want people to add you :)
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A little update on my pops
Hey everyone! I've been thinking of you all and wondering how everyone is doing. Unfortunately I've been soooo busy so I wanted to check in and see how everything is going and give you all an update (I know that was a run-on lol). As some of you know, Dad finished treatment the day before his bday on July 25th. He had…
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Husband went to his GP - not neuropathy
Well we finally went to see our GP for my husbands low back pain, leg tingling & numbness. The doc took an xray of my husbands back and he has significant Degeneratiion on his L3, L4 & L5 lumbar along wuth significant compression. So, it all boils dow to degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis. We have a MRI and…
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soreness in my neck...need some insight please
A cpl of questions that someone may be able to help me out on...first it is 5 weeks since my radiation and chemo treatment has been done for my larnyx cancer...and I have started to feel a little mucsle ache or soreness on the side of my neck area that I had my treatment....and I am sure like most of us I am paranoid of…
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Just joined the Head & Neck Club with SCC/HPV pos in the tonsil
I had posted this in the previous thread and it was suggested I start a new one. Thank you's to John, Matt and Phrannie for the welcome and the suggestions. " I hate to say it but we've just joined this club too. We are at the beginning and I am on the internet just trying to find out alittle and get famliar with terms and…
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Just checking in to say....
Hey guys. :) Not sure if anybody remembers me from earlier in the year? I had pre-cancerous Leukoplakia of the oral tongue, which was eventually excised. I'm doing great with my mouth now, but I'm going through ANOTHER cancer scare, LOL! This time it's not H&N related, but as I posted quite a bit here earlier in the year…
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Hair regrowth
Hi Friends: Well, I spoke with my mom and the mouth sores are still the same (hurting like hell with no relief). Also, she lost her hair, so she is shaving it off. How long does it take to grow back? I am visiting her this weekend, I am hoping that I don't freak out and go nuts seeing my mom so sick. Thanks. -Robin
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Prayers for Jim
Please pray for Jim's comfort. His pain is increasing but he refuses to take the pain meds until bedtime. His stamina is decreasing daily. However he still continues to fish every morning. He says that he will have to go to live bait where he can sit in a chair as the walking the bank and casting is wearing him out. Only a…
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salivary gland movement
So, going in today for salivary gland movement on good side (tonsil cancer with enlarged lymph node) and having a medi port put in - but delaying the PEG input for about 2 weeks - reason is I am gong to a family wedding and have been delaying telling sibling and dad so as not to add to stress over the weekend - did not…
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Prayers for Pumakitty Mother
Hi everyone I got a massage from Kathy that her Mom was told she has lung cancer and is only been giving a few months. If you remember her Dad passed away back in May of this year and it was just her and her mother now. Please keep her and her Mother in prayers Hondo
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New THRUSH Question
repost for new member, but 2 year survivor nabbias01 I have resitant thrush & no saliva. 2 yrs post rad. Hello, This is my first post to this message board. I finished radiation 2 yrs ago for tongue cancer and cancer on the inside of my cheek. I have been treated on and off with Nystatin and fluconazole for 2 years. Now I…
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why are my little evnelopes always gray?
I noticed whenever I post my little envelope turns gray. Anyone know why?
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New to this
Just found out Friday 10/18/2013 my biopsy came back as positive for Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma - I go to the Dr. for th first time on the 22nd - I am afraid, I have been reading the posts on this site, I want to beat this, I am going to continue to write on here about what happens, is that alright, just writing this…
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Thrush
Oral thrush is adding insult to injury for my husband. He finished chemoradiation in February and has suffered with some degree or another of it ever since. He has been on increasing doses of Diflucan combined with Nystatin swish and swallow and we do not seem to be making any headway. He refused a PEG tube and has been…
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Starting Radiation Tuesday
Hello, I have been reading the discussion boards for a couple months now but haven't posted anything. I can tell from the posts that is a very informative and welcoming community. My husband was diagnosed with HPV Positive throat cancer to the left and ride side of his tongue at the base and lymph node involvement on both…
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falling apart, stage 4/ aggressive treatment radiation and chemo for 6 weeks
Hello, we went to our first appointment yesterday at the cancer center. The cancer started in his tonsil, than spread to his throat, tongue, and a lymp knod, He has been seeing his primary doctor off and on with complaints of sore throat and ear pain, between dr. Cancelling his appointments, seeing different ones in his…
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Going into Chemotherapy with a cold?
Advice and suggestion? I think I am coming up with a cold. Feeling tired and a headache. The weather recently changed. It rained yesterday and temperature dropped to 60 degrees. Tomorrow is my second round of chemotherapy. I will bring this up with the doctor tomorrow. But in the meantime, does anyone have any knowledge on…
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Donating your radiation mask for cancer patients
Hi y'all...yes I'm from the South! I wanted to share a website with those of you that have had radiation or may be in the midst of it. Some may be aware but I wanted to make this information available for those of you that may not be aware. I find it an awesome opportunity to pay it forward. I am sure as I you were ready…
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Still clean
5 months out. Officially NED. Next PET Dec 16. Off all meds and back to work full time. Life is good Sandy
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Chief Daddy Mike doing OK now
I got to talk to Mike, he was in the hospital with broken ribs and some smashed toes. He was working in a builder removing a metal door when the cement blocks above the door frame gave way and fell on him. The guy that was helping him was able to keep the door from falling on him but the bricks hit him on the way down. He…
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Medicaid/Payments/Cancer Coverage Question
I'm trying to figure this out and thought maybe some of you could help me. I was diagnosed this past February with MEC and had applied for Medicaid in January since we already knew there was a tumor there and the doctors "had a strong feeling" it was cancer. I fought and applied and provided paperwork from January to June…