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Songs
Good Afternoon! I am working with my local Relay for Life, and I am one of the chair's for the Survivor events that will be taking place. I would encourage anyone to attend their local Relay for Life event. My family has been touched multiple times with cancer, and RFL has been a great way for us to Celebrate, Remember,…
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Food Before and After Treatment
I was hungry a little while ago and found myself in the Kitchen looking something to eat. There was all kinds of stuff I loved at one time in my life but find it does not quite taste the same any more, then I found myself eating something I never did like before C but love it now. This led me to wonder about the foods I…
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On Any Given Day…
Cancer never sleeps. It does not discriminate, and no one is immune. Cancer can strike any family, in any community, at any time. And the only way to fight it is to be right there in those communities and with those families …every single day. That’s the great strength of the American Cancer Society. Thanks to our…
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UPDATE
Hello all, I have been petty much non existent from the boards lately. There was a run recently of people having some setbacks and for some reason I have been having trouble with accepting the good as well as the bad. (weakness on my part) I should be in there helping the new comers. I just passed my 90 day mark from post…
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When being “not bright” is a good thing
So, after all those weeks of radiation and chemo and then weeks of being “too hot” to scan (the only time in my life I have ever been “too hot”) we finally did the PET/CT scans to confirm what we already believed. The surgeon called me today to tell me that the scan came out fine and he sees no bright signs of cancer on…
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Free tube food (kinda)
Hey all, I have 8 unopened cases of Compleat and 1 with just 4 cans missing. Each 8.45 oz. can has 250 calories with 12 grams of protein. Compleat contains chicken,cranberry juice, carrots, tomato's and peas along with a whole lot of corn syrup and maltodextrin and other strange ingredients. It was a compromise with the…
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Cold Sores?
My husband finished chemo/rads on Dec 22nd for Stage IVa BOT. Late last month we headed south on a road trip (with the blessing of his docs) just to escape the cold. We are at South Padre, Texas, with limited clinics. Gary has been eating normally for the last 2 1/2 weeks, and has not been using his PEG. Things seemed to…
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Nutritional supplements when weaning off PEG
I am the wife and caregiver of Buzz who completed treatment on January 10 for Stage IV BOT cancer. I am trying to get him off the PEG and would like advice on what supplements are the the best ones as well as the best place to buy or order them. Walgreens and CVS seem to be pretty competitive on price for Boost Plus and…
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Guess who I found today.
That's right! I found NED! EEEEEEEEEEEEE! Aaaahhhhhhhh! Keep your fingers crossed that it stays that way!
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lymph nodes 7 mos later
I had the right inside of my right cheek removed in May and replaced with a skin graft from my thigh. Also, had 30 lymph nodes removed...all negative. 25 rads finished in August. A PET scan in November was negative. This morning, my lymph nodes on the surgery side of my neck are very tender and swollen. Has anyone had this…
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Photo Links
I finally figured out how to do a link to a photo. Once I get it a little more refined I'll post the how to in my expressions for any that might be interested. Mean while, as an example, here's one of my boat that I used to have before the Redfisher I have now. Tailfisher It's a Tailfisher, more a skiff instead of a bay…
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chewing tobacco
Does anyone suffer from oral and/or throat cancer as a result of smokless tobacco, more commonly known as chewing tobacco and/or spit tobacco?
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MY RARE CANCER recently diagnosed
I was diagnosed with sinonasal mucosal melenoma. Statistics are few. I had a continuing sinus infection on one side of my face then was finally sent for endoscopic surgery and path came back this cancer. Shock to both me and surgeon. Oncology head and neck surgeon to do cranial facial sinus obliteration in 2 days. Yes it's…
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Frustrated caregiver
My hubby is 3 1/2 weeks post radiation/chemo. He is doing well and is healing. His throat is barely sore now. My problem is getting him to eat/drink. It took the entire day yesterday for him to drink an 8 oz Boost. No, he says, he has no trouble swallowing but nothing tastes good. I am tired of dealing with the peg and…
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Snowed In
Hi Everybody!! Just sitting here this morning in Texas snowed and iced in. Very unusual for Fort Worth, It happens every couple of years. Temp 13 - wind chill -11. So I finally get a chance to post again. For all you newbies, I used to be a regular on here. I had scc right tonsil Sage 4, W/ mets to lymph nodes. Diagnosed…
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lymph edema, tinnitus, accupuncture, etc . . .
Hi Everyone, thought I'd let you know what I've been trying for what lately. I'm eight months out of chemo/rads, and 5 or 6 from neck dissection. Have been trying acupuncture--5 treatments now--for severe tinnitus. No result to speak of yet, and will be givng it another treatment or two. Well known products tried with no…
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What else can you do to improve your chances ? Please read.
Hi All, In my continual search for information, I found this paper (on this link below) and think it is one of the better and more succinct articles I have found to discuss the use of 'Complimentary Therapies' along with the conventional Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. It is based on clinical trials done in Cancer…
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Thryoid Chills
In different posts, I have seen people mention "Thryoid Chills". Can someone explain what this is? I often get the chills, for no apparent reason, and can not seem to get warm. How to know if this is thryoid related? Thanks, Debbie
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Hair growth
How long does it take for the hair on my head to grow back? I finished up chemo and still have to do the radiation, but winter in northern Nevada with no hair is just cold. Thanks to loops for love for there donation of stocking caps. Anyway I was just wondering how long it took before others got their hair back. Brad
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Thank You - Pawing It Forward
Thanks to all of you who have made my husband's last wishes possible by supporting Pawing It Forward. Please visit the Facebook Page to see pictures and updated info. Miss Judy Brown is about ready for adoption. Then we can rescue another dog. Skipper
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worry..need some advise
hi everyone my dad had his yearly scan report last thursday but this time thing doesn't look good it mark his 5th year of remission this year but last week report came in not clean. was told that there is a mass in his lung about 5.6 x 5.9cm at his upper lung lobe and lower lung lobe. well the doc could not cfm whether is…
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Home from Chatt.
Hi all: Basketcase checking in here! I have been to Chatt. TN to help my niece and her two girls get ready to move in with my sister for financial reasons just to start. What a zoo. Please pray for this family. They have to be out by Friday and they are no where near ready to go. My niece is divorced. I honestly believe if…
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Progressing, Getting Ready for Treatment, So Many Questions
Things are progressing for me. Had surgery to remove tumor in lymph gland and also tonsils which ended up being negative. Finally had the PET Scan and it came back clear. Although I am grateful for that I am left wondering...No primary tumor??? How can that be? Is it possible that it is too small to be visable yet the…
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swallow exercise therapy
Can anyone tell me if they had gone through swallow exercise therapy and achieved any success with being able to swallow solid foods again. I have been doing several different exercises for a about 7 weeks now and don't feel like i am making any headway toward being able to eat again. As some of you may already know i am…
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Chef Daddy Mike back in the Hospital Up-Date 1-31-2011
I just got off the phone with Mike; he is back in the hospital again. He was having some very bad pain and his blood pressure went to the roof. They did a C/T of his abdomen and found something you will not believe. He had a surgery some 9 years ago and it looks like they left some of the old bandages in side of him. He…
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Hints for recovering from dissection
Well, we're at that point - PET/CT next week and (unless hot spots show up on that) the ENT is going to do a selective neck dissection the following week to remove the remains of the branchial cleft cyst that was the secondary tumor, along with surrounding lymph nodes, for biopsy. They have no reason to think they will…
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Devasted Care Giver, Could this really be it?
I apologize in advance for this long introduction. I am new to post, but definitely not new to this forum. I have been reading people's stories for the past 2 mos and have learned so much! I can't explain everything in doctor terms, but can do my best from what i have gathered. I am caregiver to brother in law Gary, age…
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Update on Bob...
Just wanted to let everyone know Bob will be returning to work tomorrow..;) After 16 month's he is going to start working Part time..it is wonderful that he has come full circle. The Dr's all say it was his positive attitude...but we know that it was them and HIS positive attitude..I am so glad you guy's were all there for…
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Shingles
Some folks have mentioned bouts of shingles during recovery - I'm starting to suspect we have a case also - sore throat, crusty rash on his chin and scalp and a stiff neck and sore lymph nodes. All on the left side (the side that didn't have cancer). Caused a fair amount of freaking out on my part and a sign of worry or…
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Back From Doctors
Well, one year has passed, i weighed in at 160 lbs today, years 20 lbs of weight gain, I am so tired right now, Dr. said this was from not enought sleep at the begininng, like I should have done, I worked threw rads and chemo, My voice is very small and raspy, but he told me a slight more improvement, maybe, I could have a…