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Squamous Cell Carcinoma on the tongue
Wondering if there is anyone else out there in this situation. Family member had kidney transplant 15+ years ago. First cancer diagnosis was 3 years ago PTLD-post transplant lymphoprolifrative disorder. Cancer was on the gums. All immunosurpressent drugs were stopped, no kidney rejection. 2nd cancer diagnosis recently,…
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choking and suffocating feeling ! please help
Hi All Please advice if any one had to deal with this before. My husband had a neck dissection in mid of april where they removed lymp nodes. Since after his surgery he has constant choking feeling, pressure against his windpipe. He feels some one is strangling his throat all the time. Is it common to have to this kind of…
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RapidArc
Has anyone here had the RapidArc radiation treatment, my onco's web site has a short video on it, it appears to shorten the radiation treatment times. Thanks, Linda
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Week seven complete and so is treatment!
Hello all, I haven't been posting but every few weeks during treatment. I am happy to report that treatment is done now and I am working through recovery. I did end up with a feeding tube....just lost too much weight and need the tube to bounce back. I won't say that it was a cake walk, but VERY doable. I did't experience…
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Ear issue update.
Well, as some of you know, I have had an ear infection for two weeks, and despite going to my PCP three times, its not gotten any better, in fact it's worse. It just started with my left ear and now it's in both. I am on my 3rd different antibiotic, and when I saw the CRNP on Monday, she said they would call my ENT again,…
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Hi, I'm back and with 13 rads to go!
Sorry I haven't checked in lately, after getting my gtube in I was hospitalized for about 5days......I am back home now..... really tired and mostly getting all my nutrition/hydration through the tube. This Tuesday I have 13 rounds left....... Praying for everyone!
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Facial and neck lymphedema
Hello Everyone I am really learning a lot on this terrific website. In late January of this year I found out I had cancer. Primary is the base of tongue Stage 2. Metastisized to lymph nodes. I found a lump the size of a walnut at the top of my neck near my jawbone. That was found to be cancer, but not lymphoma. A PET scan…
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Scans during radiation for re-planning
Question for everybody. Has anyone had any scans half way through their radiation treatment for re-planning purposes and was it a worth while exercise? The reason I ask is, I start my 3rd week of radiation treatment tomorrow and I have also been booked in for an MRI and then CT scan the following day. The reason my…
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Doc says malignant
First, I hope everyone is doing well out there. I still pray for you all daily. Got my results in, and doc says it is cancer. He has scheduled me for surgery to remove my tonsils on 8/8/11. He said we need to also see if its spread. If it hasnt spread he can either do surgery to remove the lymph node which, with how large…
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falling down + low blood pressure = dehydration
We saw his rad doctor yesterday and they took his blood pressure and weight and he was at 98 over 62 with heart rate 76 (sitting). He asked the nurse when he should be concerned about the low blood pressure. So, she said stand up and lets take it again, it read 89 over 54 with a heart rate of 85. The rad docotr said it was…
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Check up tommorow
Well I go down to San Francisco tommorow for a check up, I have not had a PET scan done for this. I had one done in May wich was only 7 weeks after radiation stopped and it was not clear. I imagine she will put the camera up my nose and take a look. One thing that has changed is my voice keeps going out, I hope it is…
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Hi everyone. I have been reading your posts on this discussion board for the last couple of days. I find them to be very helpful and you are all so brave, strong and compassionate. I am looking to you all to help guide me through this incredibly scary time for me. Here is my story: I am a 39 year old mom of 2 and a step…
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Still here and still tired
Hi All! Been away for awhile but still here and thinking of everyone. Can anyone relate....I am 11 weeks out of rad treatment (35)(cancer of tonsil) and am still feeling very very tired. I think I am getting enough nutrition (PEG) but some times I swear I feel like I could just FALL OUT on the spot. I was not this tired a…
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Ear pain that hurts
Hello everyone, Connie is over 4 months now from last radiation treatment. In the last week she has experienced severe ear pain and I have heard a lot of people on this site say they have experienced it. She goes in for another CT scan in a little over 2 weeks. Is this normal or should we be more concerned, I don't know if…
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"But I can't help falling..." (for amdog64, a post of from way earlier this year)
(Elvis Presley reference) Here's how it goes: one day I am stepping over Dusty, the older of the two golden retrievers and the one who believes his job is to be in your way in whatever way he can be in your way, and he decides to rise, to move, as I am stepping over him. It turns out for at least one of us that this is not…
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Thankful today
Jim and I were talking on the way home from radiation today about how thankful we are that 1) He feels stronger today 2) He is back to his own personality today [no more Mr. Hyde] 3] He has only 13 more RADS to go 4] That so many people believe in prayer and are praying for him I thak God every day for this website and…
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An encouraging HELLO!! :D
Hi everyone! It has been quite some time since I have posted anything. Just a drop in note to gratefully say that I am doing so very well!!! I have been "cancer free" for just over a yr. and a half. I was quite a regular on this board. And you have no idea how much support I got and how I so very much appreciated EVERYONE!…
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Back again, for the moment
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here, due to a combination of heavy workload (now over) and major health problems (only beginning). Being a journalist, albeit one who retired July 1, I’ll keep this brief. I wrapped up a 34-year career as a reporter and editor on the final day of Delaware’s legislative session,…
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I have just been diagnosed with Tonsil and Soft palate SCC
The surgeon just called me today after the exploratory last friday, he said there were contra indications about using the robotic surgery because, if he has to take more out then he sees now, he will destroy my soft palate and can't fix it...If he does the standard surgery he can rebuild what he destroys...He hasn't said…
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Teeth, Insurance and hyperbaric
Several months ago my teeth started breaking off at the gum line (5 so far) my onc said I need them all out (I did Hyperbaric at the end of 2009 and had 4 teeth taken out)The insurance company (health insurance) really balked at having to pay for total extractions. They finally authorized the whole thing, HBO again,…
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hospital again
Jim is back in the hospital, left side of the face and ear area is swollen. It looks like a baseball under the skin. They think it is an infection. I am so stressed I can't control the tears. Jim has turned into Mr Hyde and is angry with everyone. He has given up. I want my sweet gentle husband back. Please pray for us…
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Hand Pain
I have had chemo and radiation in Oct 2010. Now i am having severe pain in my hands. From 1 to 10 its about a 8. It might be arthritus because i have that in my back and neck except not this bad. Could this be a side effect from radiation? Its so bad i have to take my pain meds out the night before because i can not work…
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Chefdaddy just called me.
I just spoke to Mike, and he asked me to do a post and update everyone. He is at the hospital with his son. They have given all his options, and they had him chose what he wanted to do. If he did nothing, they figure 1.5 - 2 weeks is all he would have. Doing a low dose of chemo, to try and spare his liver, may buy him a…
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How about gerd and treatment?
I have GERD and have bad reactions to dairy products, Before I was diagnosed they had me on Cipro and Steroids, I had such bad GERD that I was beside myself with the pain of acid in my esophogus...When I have my treatment and have the feeding tube in, what will it do to my GERD? I am worried because lately I have had more…
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Thyroid FNA
Hi all, just wondering if anyone has any knowledge on the accuracy of FNA for diagnosing papillary cancer?
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Prayer Request
Hi all: I need to you to add my best friend's former boss/co-worker to your prayer lists. He was dx with esopophgeal cancer and had surgery last July which was successful has been thru rads/chemo and has just recently found out that it has recurred; not good;mets to lungs; been given 6 months to a year. My friends of…
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Birthday
Hi all: Thought I'd check in before I take off to Chatt. to pick up niece and sister and then we head for the mtns. for three days! Yesterday was mine and Charlie's birthday. Another first. It was rough off and on but all in all had a good one. Went to Bible Study and they sang Happy Birthday to me. Then went to…
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Hur ting And Scared
My doctors continue to struggle to help me with the bad ear/jaw/throat pain that I have been having. Last week, I had a biopsy of my cheek and they took a bunch of blood for various tests but I haven't heard about those yet. The one I am really scared of is the upcoming PET/CT. My ENT moved up the date on this about three…
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Recovery length
I've been treated for throat cancer with radiation and chemotherapy. My treatments ended in March, it's now the end of July and I still haven't returned to work. I still am fatigued and have been getting very depressed. I feel that going to work will help me in that it will make my life more normal and give me something to…
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putting off surgery by 2 weeks?
My husband was recently diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on his tongue. He just had the neck dissection and is healing nicely. Originally the doc wanted to do surgery on his tongue one week later. My husband would like a few days to eat normal foods and enjoy the pain relief that his recent surgery brings. Next…