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Coughed up Blood

RachelMarie
RachelMarie CSN Member Posts: 10 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

My husband had bot surgery with removal of lymph nodes on Dec 23. We are having a pet scan today and see the oncology drs on Tuesday. He says he still has a sore throat on the side of the surgery and yesterday he coughed up blood. He is only eating through a peg tube as he was in the hospital due to nausea and constant vomiting. This coughing up blood is not good, is it?

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  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 CSN Member Posts: 4,716 Member
    edited January 2017 #2
    Coughing up a little blood....

    is not a rare occurence with BOT surgery....it depends on how much blood he coughed up....if it's not gushing, and it isn't everytime he coughs then it could still be coming from his surgery. 

    p 

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  • RachelMarie
    RachelMarie CSN Member Posts: 10 Member
    edited January 2017 #3
    phrannie51 said:

    Coughing up a little blood....

    is not a rare occurence with BOT surgery....it depends on how much blood he coughed up....if it's not gushing, and it isn't everytime he coughs then it could still be coming from his surgery. 

    p 

    Oh, Thank You. I'm just so

    Oh, Thank You. I'm just so paranoid these days.

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  • Hondo
    Hondo CSN Member Posts: 6,636 Member
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    Coughing up a little blood

     

     

    I agree with P, in fact every now and then I still do a little bleeding and I live on a PEG tube. On the

    nausea if I get feeling like that I take Bonine it is normally for Sea Sickness and works better and faster with very few side effects.

    It is also over the counter no prescription needed

     

     

    Tim  

     

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