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Vocal Cord/Laryngeal Cancer
GEtting ready to start radiation and want to speak to someone who has had it. Renee@lightfirst.com Thanks very much
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Stage IV esophageal cancer
I just found out today (a month post-esophagectomy) that my 53 year old father has an advance stage IV with cancer in his abdominal cavity.originally the doctor had said it was stage 2 to 3 but the pathologist report was missplaced and the oncologist found it today- The prognostic is'nt too good.The oncologist said that my…
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Feeding Tube
I had two surgeries for tongue cancer (December and March)which was 13 years after my first tongue cancer. After my second surgery I was left with about 1/2 my tongue and was recovering to the point that I could eat soft foods pretty well. Then I had 33 radiation treatments and the burn to my healthy tissues is one of the…
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My Esophageal Cancer
On October 30th of this year I was diagnosed with Stage I esophageal cancer and am receiving radiation five days a week and chemo one day a week. The prognosis is very good; in fact, I think the tumor, which is in the center of my esophagus, is just about all shrunken now, but I'm having a side effect in the form of chest…
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Need advice - Advanced Cancer in the food pipe
Hi, My Father had larynx cancer. We initially did radiation and then surgery to totally remove the larynx. He almost completely recovered from it. But now new cancers are showing up in his food pipe. The doctors are saying it is vey serious. They have said surgery may not do good as the weeks or months left for him will be…
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Help eliminate cancer
I am looking for people in the Los Angeles area interested in supporting ACS in a Relay for Life event. I am a recent survivor looking for others to join me in the fight. email me at CelebrateLife@sbcglobal.net
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Help eliminate cancer
I am looking for people in the Los Angeles area interested in supporting ACS in a Relay for Life event. I am a recent survivor looking for others to join me in the fight. email me at CelebrateLife@sbcglobal.net
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Help eliminate cancer
I am looking for people in the Los Angeles area interested in supporting ACS in a Relay for Life event. I am a recent survivor looking for others to join me in the fight.
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Help eliminate cancer
I am looking for people in the Los Angeles area interested in supporting ACS in a Relay for Life event. I am a recent survivor looking for others to join me in the fight.
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Help Me Find A New Procedure
Hi, I am a caregiver. I am searching or a new procedure for someone who is recovering from throat cancer and is left unable to swallow water and food. It's been 1 1/2 years now she is beeing fed on a tube. Can anyone help and give me some info on any new breakthrus? Thanks, Pama
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Check out "WebWhispers.org"
For those dealing with larynx cancer, an excellent source of support is the WebWhispers Nu-Voice Club - an Internet-based laryngectomee support group. If interested, you can check it out at: http://www.webwhispers.org/ This organizaton SHOULD BE on the ACS's list of "additional resources" for laryngeal cancer but…
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My Dad just found out he had esophageal cancer
Hi, The last 9 months for my dad have been awful. In May of 2002 he found out he had an advanced stage of prostate cancer. In November he found out he had heart problems, and just last Wednesday he found out he had esophageal cancer. I can't believe it. I had never even heard of it. The only symptoms he may have had was…
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hats off to the survivors of cancer
I am a new participant in this discussion group and I want to say how comforting it has been to read about your strength and determination in going through the treatments. My husband was recently diagnosed with a cancer of the nasopharynx stage 3 and it completly blew us both away. Since I have been on the site I have…
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"TPF" chemo on advanced throat cancer???
My father was recently diagnosed with a stage IV squamous cell tumor which originated in the larynx. The oncologist's recommended treatment was to start with 3 sessions of "TPF" (T=Taxotere, P=Platinum, F=FU5) chemo followed by double dose radiation and finally salvage surgery if any of the cancer persisted. The doctor…
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talking
HI doese anyone want to talk? Leecat
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SURVIVOR & EXERCISE
April 2003 will mark two years post treatment for me and I remain cancer free. I'd like to talk to anyone who's had successful treatments for throat cancer and still exercises. I'm terrified when I get short of breath and I'm also afraid that I will not recuperate from pain; that I will end up back in bed instead of…
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Symptom question
For a couple of months now, I've had a kind of ache in the chest that is sometimes accompanied by a burning in the throat. This sometimes last all day, and is not necessarily after eating something I'd expect to cause heartburn. I'm already taking Protonix, a proton pump inhibitor, for a possible stomach ulcer. Could the…
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T3N1MX Adenacarcinoma Survivors?
My father was recently diagnosed with T3N1MX EC. Are there any survivors out there that I could correspond with? Karen
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Please Help!
I am posting this in a few of the bigger Discussion Groups. My Step Father has cancer in his throat. He's showing signs of improvement and for this Christmas, I was hoping to give him a Christmas card with stories from cancer survivors. If you are a survivor and would like to share your story, please e-mail me at…
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2 yrs. later
It's been awhile sense I've been here, and I want to touch on a few things I'd like You all to know. I am A surviver of Squamis cell with the primary found on the back of my tounge. I went thru 40 rad. treatments along with amifostine (I think thats how you spell it) Also had a lymph taken from the rt. side of my neck. The…
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trying to eat
I completed radiation and chemo treatment the end of Jan. My doctor says I should try to eat. I have been trying, but unless it is very liquid I have a lot of trouble getting it down. I am still having some pain in my throat. Could that be the reason? I tend to think it is because I have no saliva. Will I get better? Is…
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Hi all.
I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in Dec. 1999 at the age of 30. Went through chemo, radiation, and surgery. Am now doing well. If anyone would like to chat, please do so.
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pain
sore throat from radiation therapy
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How Do you obtain Help when you have no money
I have a brother Brudas Cooper who is an inpatient at Sentara Norfolk General who has Throat Cancer. He was diagnosed in May and went through Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatment. We were just told that there is nothing else they can do and they feel by December will have be in worse shape. Also he now has pneumonia. He is…
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Throat cancer - Dry throat
At present I wake every 15 to 20 minutes to sip water. Any recommendation on how to sleep better with dry throat?
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Is a 5-6 day hospital stay commom with most chemo???
hi, i've heard diff. stories. my mom has a tumor on her neck on her lymph nodes and tonsil area. they're using chemo and radiation for her but who stays in the hospital for it and who don't? it is scary because someone with a similar case like hers didn't have to stay in the hospital for some reason...someone please help…
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Dilation
I had a barium swallow test a couple weeks ago. The test indicated a small constriction halfway down my esophagus. The swallow therapist recommended my esophagus be dilated to correct this constriction which she says was most likely caused by radiation therapy. Has anyone experienced this procedure? Jeff
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desperate need of support for a friend
i am trying to find someone who is in the chicago area who has throat/lung cancer to speak with a friend of mine's sister. her dr gave her the number of only one other male patient and i am trying to find her a female african american woman, dx with throat/lung cancer. i don't really know all of the details but know that…
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Michael Scott
Hello, My husband Michael was diagnosed with Oral Cancer a little over a year ago. We have struggled through treatments as the cancer spread and returned without mercy. I know that Michael has communicated with several people through this website. I wanted to let those people know that Michael passed away on Sept. 17th.…
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Neck pain
Anyone have neck pain after cancer of the mouth. I have a neurma on the left side of the neck and the doctors want to take it out. Anyone ever had that? leecat