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Shocked
Hello everybody. Was admitted to the hospital for upper body pains last night, I did have a quad bypass 4 years ago and knew something was wrong. My EKG was not normal so I am waiting to see what tests they will run tomorrow, I know of a stress test. But then came the shattering news after they did a cat scan, a tumor…
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Sorry for another question....
I've had 14 Rad treatments as of today. My teeth are very sore. It reminds me of when I had braces and got them tightened. Is this normal? I visited my dentist before treatments started and my teeth are in great shape and I've been flossing/ brushing and then brushing with a cloudier toothpaste every night...
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Your feeding tube come out?
Just a piece of advice for anyone who has his/her tube come out, stick it back in quickly and tape it in. Thursday it happened to me for the first time. For some reason, the balloon deflated. I got out of the shower, dried off and everything was fine. I sat down shirtless to change my trach tie since it was wet. I went to…
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Vocal Cord rads
Anyone here on the boards have just low dose rads for vocal cord C? I'm 1/3 finished (9of28) and hanging in there with a sore throat starting, a little fatigue, and neck sore. I guess what I'm wondering is how bad does this get? I was prescribed the throat liquid with lidocaine and other ingredients to use when I may not…
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Anyone get the license plate on that truck?
So there I was, ending week 5 and going into week 6. My throat was hurting a little bit more, but it was still manageable. I also started feeling hot and flushed around the radiation area, as my skin started to react. But all in all, I was still doing well. Then yesterday, I got hit by a truck. I was in bed all day,…
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finally some good news, thank God
so after my mom's surgery on 3/1/12 for recurrent tongue cancer we went for appointment about brachytherapy. At that time doctor felt that there was more tumor left in the tongue so he asked to do an MRI which in result showed some changes. Mom felt no pain therefore doctor wasn't 100% sure that it was cancer so he did a…
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Rock This Town
I am happy to announce that the benefit my friend Deb and I put on together raised over $3500. It was held April 28th and we are dividing the money between Ashland County Cancer Association and Hospice of North Central Ohio. We have done 6 other benefits starting in 99 but always gave our $$ to just Hospice before. Last…
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the throat
found out today I have stage 3 How bad is this going to be ? what kind of treatments will need to go for Has anyone been in my shoes?
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thickness of saliva
First of all I would like to let you know couple months ago I tried to post and not sure if get posted. Seemed is hard to get in the site each time I logged in.But got to read some of the ffeed back whenever I can logged in. All the feed back are all very confronting and helpful. THANK YOU ALL!! February I was diagnosed…
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Anyone have Throat dilitation advice?
Hello to everyone, My dad is 7 months since his last treatment rad and chemo for tonsil and lymph. We are trying to get off the feeding tube and recently had a throat dilitation (may 9,) the dr. Said it went well , he opened the stricture in his esophagus and to go at his own pace trying different foods. that night he…
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Aquaphor as a moisturizer?
My doc recomended aquaphor as moisurizer but i find it way too greasy, do we need such a greasy stuff? I read thru many many blogs but this whole issue about proper moisurizing is confusing to me. It would be great if you could share how did moisturize i.e. Which moisusrizer, how many times did u apply, how much etc.…
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Who do you call?
I am starting to have an increasing amount of pain on the left side of my jaw right in the joint. Who should I call? My onco, my primary or my dentist? I have recently seen both my onco and my primary, told them of the dull pain but neither one seemed to think it was of concern at the moment so neither did I. But now it…
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Need Help/Information
My husband was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in July of 2010. He underwent 35 radiations and 2 chemo treatments of cisplatin. A PET scan in late November 2010 showed all clear. In February 2011 he was having trouble breathing and our radiologist sent him directly to the ENT. He was put in the hospital, had a biopsy and…
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3 days since teeth have been extracted
hi everybody i'm out and moving around since Monday having 23 teeth extracted and the chemo port put in its a lot of pain comes and goes but i'm trying to get through it i know i have a bigger task at hand so if all goes well this week Monday i will be doing my mask fitting and Thursday 24 i will be starting my chemo kinda…
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More about MuGuard.........
My Oncologist set me up for a presciption, so today I got a call from Onco Source. She said my insurance would cover all but $350.....PER MONTH! I gasped....and before I could say a word, she said "we have patient help with costs"....Can you do $100 a month :) ....I said yessiree....I can. So while it is very expensive,…
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Chemo Day One YESSS
Follow up from yesterdays Post. I made it, wow soft bed, nice people, tv with a remote on a rope, a mans fantasy, yes i said a remote on a rope. If I may my friends since I have officially taking my first shot at Cancer today, I will be leaving the Newbie status and with your permission maybe a PFC.(Private 1st Class for…
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post treatment - how long till you noticed cancerous swollen lymph nodes totally disappear
Hello, My husband finished his chemo/rads on April 2nd, 2012. Doctors seem happy when they clinically feel his lymph nodes, but he won't get the pet scan until July. The node we can physically feel is the one they took the biopsy from and where the cancer was initially found. Did anyone else notice their lymph nodes…
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Hiccups?
I have been having several episodes of hiccups daily for the past few days. Is this a side effect of radiation? It seems so trivial but they really are pretty uncomfortable when your mouth hurts. Anybody got any good ideas on how to make them stop? I've just been practicing breathing techniques since I can't drink water…
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budwig diet
Hi, I am wondering if anyone here had heard about the budwig diet??
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Great news!
The radiation oncologist who did all the mapping for my treatments used a scope to check out my whole nose, throat and oral cavity. Not only do my lymph nodes feel normal... but there is no longer any visible sign of cancer anywhere in my throat, tonsils or soft palate! He said HPV-related throat cancers usually respond…
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Another legend moves on
Donna Summer has passed away at 63 reportedly from cancer. R.I.P. Cut and paste if you liked her music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cPIT_T3mYU
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Teeth extracted 2 days ago
hi well i had 23 teeth extracted on Monday and a chemo port put in by far some of the worst pain in my life I'm doing my best to get through this but it's not easy please keep me your prayers and let me know this is the right thing to do.
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No anti oxidents during radiation?
My docotor said i have to limit foods with anti oxidents during radiation as it can interfere with it. She said you could eat foods as whole but dont take any concentrated amount e..g i take acai berry juice and green juice bought from costco, but that has higher amount of anti oxidents so should not be taken during…
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thickness of saliva
First of all I would like to let you know couple months ago I tried to post and not sure if get posted. Seemed is hard to get in the site each time I logged in.But got to read some of the ffeed back whenever I can logged in. All the feed back are all very confronting and helpful. THANK YOU ALL!! February I was diagnosed…
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Television Commercials
Seen the anti-smoking commercials with people that have traches, and some w/altered facial structures? Saw tonight for the first time on TNT. Obviously H&N Folks who are also survivors. Any familiar to anyone? kcass
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Tip for anyone with high calorie needs and a tube
I'm significantly overweight and was struggling to maintain using the feeding tube. If I fed myself anything super thick or rich, I felt sick. Feeding by syringe works, of course, but I was looking at 10 cans a day because I use the product made from real foods (Compleat). Unfortunately, even that doesn't get away from the…
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Pressure In My Ears...solutions?
Hey all ....this week I noticed the pressure in my eardrums picked up and my ear drums / ear canals hurt. The left side more than the right (my lymph node affected with cancer was on my left side). I got an all clear PET / CT scan May 7th and May 10th my ENT scoped, finger examed my throat as well as checked my ears and…
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PET vs CT
I just returned from a visit to my rad onc and he scheduled my next PET for Sept which will be 7 months since my last one which was 3 months post rt. After that it will be annual. I know there have been discussions in the past about CT vs PET so I asked why not CT. In his opinion PET is the best for determining if there is…
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scan anxiety time
It is time for a scan again, just a CT of the lungs this time to check the small nodule in the lungs. As an update, they had found a small nodule in Jim's left upper lobe of lung which had grown on the last PET. It is still quite small. The RAD doc wanted to check it in 3 months, The original tongue and lymph node cancer…
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help
been thru with treatment for 2 weeks, still spitting up stuff no relief in site. What can I do? seem to get no help from dr.s