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Head and Neck Cancer

Calories
I have to monitor the calories I take in , does anyone have or can recommend a good program that will allow me to do this. I have to maintain my weight and I know that thru the course of rads getting …
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Started by osmotar
Most recent by Skiffin16
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Nephew Update
Hi all: First, want to thank all of my csn buds for your prayers for my nephew Brian. Second, please continue to pray for him. He was taken from the nursing home/rehab and admitted to the hospital yes…
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4 comments
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Started by Jan Trinks
Most recent by Skiffin16
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Base of Tongue Cancer - Throat Cancer
Throat Cancer - Base of Tongue Tumor with 1 lymph node involved.
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7 comments
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Started by Tim6003
Most recent by jim and i
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
I'm not a cancer survivor, sorry. My mom is ill.
Hi there. Sorry to interrupt if this is -as probably- only for cancer survivors. If so, please dismiss my comment. My mother, a clever, vital woman of 63, has been diagnosed a few weeks ago - today is…
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11 comments
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Started by Manolox
Most recent by jim and i
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
how long have you survived after recurrance or second primary or metastasis after first treatment wa
would like to hear from anyone who experienced any of those 3....also how long after completing first treatment did you experience that?
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5 comments
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Started by joannaw81
Most recent by fisrpotpe
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Sweetblood was right
You have to love the Social Security Administration. Last week I received a notice to go for another SSA doctor appointment and in the same stack of mail was another letter cancelling the appointment.…
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6 comments
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Started by Greend
Most recent by Greend
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
PET coming, Jim depressed
Jim's follow up PET is set for Monday, Nov. 7 and he is very depressed. Monday morning he said he had a bad feeling about the results. This worries me because I do too. The lump under his tongue which…
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15 comments
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Started by jim and i
Most recent by Noellesmom
Nov 5, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
1st PET post treatment
We go tomorrow to dr to find out what the PET scan showed. Now I suddenly realize, I expect they'll tell us cancer/no cancer, but I really don't know what else to even think, what type of questions I …
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9 comments
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Started by olybee
Most recent by olybee
Nov 4, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Day 1 - Phase 2
Well the day has finally arrived, I will be having my first radiation treatment tonight @ 7:30, the machine of choice is a rapidArc, supposedly takes less time , 10 mins from start, getting me positio…
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18 comments
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Started by osmotar
Most recent by Skiffin16
Nov 4, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Gaggin ~ Not Cancer Related ~ Tampa Bay Grouper - Updated
Gag grouper that is.... A few photo's of gag grouper that my buddy Josh and I caught yesterday. With the grouper season closing again on the 16th of November, and finally a very nice day forecasted. J…
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33 comments
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Started by Skiffin16
Most recent by sweetblood22
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
What to do on days you feel like Crap
Work-up this morning and sure wish I would have stayed sleeping because I feel so bad. No energy to get up or do anything but just stay in bed and waste this beautiful sunshiny day away. I did manage …
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31 comments
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Started by Hondo
Most recent by Hondo
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
PET scan - cortisone injection
Well, Bob went in today for his first post-treatment PET scan. The technician asked if he'd had any recent treatments. Bob said, well, I just got a cortisone injection in my shoulder last week. The te…
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7 comments
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Started by olybee
Most recent by olybee
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
It takes a long time to heal. I was not prepared for the post treatment.
Silly me, I thought after treatment my husband would be back to work in like 2 months.. HAHAHAAHA!!!! What was I smoking.. Kidding!!! I really did, four months out my husband seems to feel like crap e…
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21 comments
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Started by arndog64
Most recent by olybee
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Checking In
Hi all: Haven't posted in awhile but have kept up with everybody! Been on the road a bit. My sister came down last Wed. and we went to see our 93 year old aunt in Albany, GA then over to our brother's…
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7 comments
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Started by Jan Trinks
Most recent by Hal61
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Recovery - Base of Tongue, Right Tonsil
My husband is now in recovery for Base of Tongue, Right Tonsil cancer (HPV positive) not a smoker or drinker. He had his last treatment on August 29th (7 weeks external beam radiation, with 3 chemothe…
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6 comments
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Started by Debbie H.
Most recent by Skiffin16
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Living 6 months at a time! Can you say NED!!! :)
Hello, Everyone, haven't really posted in a while. Since, I am still battling with alot of depression; I am trying to stay away from the cancer boards and trying to think positive. I feel that thinkin…
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25 comments
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Started by Irishgypsie
Most recent by CLRRN
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
erectile dysfunction drugs and head and neck cancer
I googled the ed drug in regard to head and neck cancer and found this VERY interesting so wanted to share the link! I know the study at Johns Hopkins started in 2009 but it does not look like it is o…
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7 comments
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Started by robinleigh
Most recent by RogerRN43
Nov 3, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Any suggestions to help me get through this? Encouraging words?
It's the calm before the storm. I've done 9 rads out of 35. My next Cisplatin is next Wed, hopefully no hiccups this time, will be on Zantac and Lorgactyl on top of the usual anti-nausea cocktail the …
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14 comments
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Started by RogerRN43
Most recent by Hal61
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Dentist appointment
Just had my teeth cleaned 3 months post neck dissection. Good report but I didn't get anything out of the treasure box. Well, I guess I did, new toothbrush and more Biotene. My backround with the dent…
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3 comments
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Started by KTeacher
Most recent by Hondo
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Acinic Cell Carcinoma
Has anyone had acinic cell carcinoma go to the lung? I had a parotid tumor removed in August 2009. My biopsy and frozen path were both benign, but my final pathology came back malignant. Acinic cell c…
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2 comments
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Started by LLeslie
Most recent by ratface
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
if it returns
Thank all of you who replied to my personal thoughts of "should I find out or would it be better not knowing" Your replies answered, and again thank you for your personal thoughts. What would we all d…
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4 comments
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Started by rarph123
Most recent by osmotar
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
if the cancer doesn't kill you , my job will
is there anyone out there with this? My family ,my wife is my support she is fantastic. I found out last week my employer walmart is trminating me because i have cancer and can't go back for full duty…
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14 comments
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Started by jdshock
Most recent by Skiffin16
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
NED!!
Hi everyone!! It's been a while since I've had a chance to post. Between trying to heal and chasing kids, I have little freetime...I do however try to get on a read everyone's posts when I have a quie…
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10 comments
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Started by Jamie_Ann
Most recent by pattyanny
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Widening the Mouth
Has anyone been able to widen their mouth after jaw surgery? My oncology dentist told me he can't get a drill in my mouth to fill a small cavity. I use tongue depressors in my mouth but I can't seem t…
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27 comments
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Started by keep_the_faith
Most recent by keep_the_faith
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Hard to eat
After jaw cancer surgery, has any one had trouble eating. I have to puree all my food as everything sticks to the roof and sides of my mouth and I can't swallow.
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42 comments
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Started by keep_the_faith
Most recent by keep_the_faith
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
WATER ?????
Is there anything better than water to try to get food down the water seems thin and washes away any lubrication I have in my mouth I don’t need any thing with acid in it last week I tired ½ Ruben san…
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9 comments
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Started by robert77dr
Most recent by keep_the_faith
Nov 2, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
My newspaper article
One year ago today found me not at my desk at the Ashland Times-Gazette but in another universe; in a Linear Accelerator receiving the first of my 35 radiation treatments. I was battling Stage 4 tongu…
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8 comments
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Started by nwasen
Most recent by RogerRN43
Nov 1, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
If it returns
Close to two months now since my last treatments of rad (35 rto the neck&35 to the lung with 8 chemo) it was a tough set of treatments for a 78 yr. old male and the side affects are many.For the last …
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7 comments
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Started by rarph123
Most recent by jim and i
Nov 1, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
Any thing better to drink than water?
Hi, I drink a lot now because of the lack of saliva.But I find that drinking water doesn't really sooth the throat as much as it used to because it tends to make it less moist or "dry" it by giving me…
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39 comments
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Started by ac
Most recent by sweetblood22
Nov 1, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer
NED!!!
I am overjoyed and thrilled to post I am NED again! I went to the James yesterday with tears in my eyes as it was exactly one year ago that my treatments started. My fave nurse was in the waiting room…
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25 comments
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Started by nwasen
Most recent by Jimbo55
Nov 1, 2011
Head and Neck Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

Calories

Nephew Update

Base of Tongue Cancer - Throat Cancer

I'm not a cancer survivor, sorry. My mom is ill.

how long have you survived after recurrance or second primary or metastasis after first treatment wa

Sweetblood was right

PET coming, Jim depressed

1st PET post treatment

Day 1 - Phase 2

Gaggin ~ Not Cancer Related ~ Tampa Bay Grouper - Updated

What to do on days you feel like Crap

PET scan - cortisone injection

It takes a long time to heal. I was not prepared for the post treatment.

Checking In

Recovery - Base of Tongue, Right Tonsil

Living 6 months at a time! Can you say NED!!! :)

erectile dysfunction drugs and head and neck cancer

Any suggestions to help me get through this? Encouraging words?

Dentist appointment

Acinic Cell Carcinoma

if it returns

if the cancer doesn't kill you , my job will

NED!!

Widening the Mouth

Hard to eat

WATER ?????

My newspaper article

If it returns

Any thing better to drink than water?

NED!!!

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