MMmmmmmm!!

Nothing better on a warm summer day than a cool breeze and a cold beer. So happy some of lifes simple pleasures are returning.

Debbie

Ahhhh, your taste buds are returning

For me, beer and wine are still terrible (I'm 14 mo post tx) but my brother in law, who works for Miller-Coors, brought over some Fox Barrel Pacific Pear Cider last week. A little sour at first but my buds came around. Only 4.5% alcohol but I had a huge buzz after one bottle since I haven't had any alcohol since April of last year.

debbiejeanne said:

i hate to b the party pooper

i hate to b the party pooper here, but i thot HNC patients could no longer drink alcohol of any kind as it could cause the cancer to come back.  i don't remember where i read that but i know i did read it somewhere.  has anyone else here heard this?  for those of u who like ur wine and beer, i hope i'm wrong. 

dj

From what I have read from many creditable Cancer Sites, and my MD's that moderation wouldn't increase the chances of recurrence anymore than anything else in excess...

My thinking is that all of the rads, and scans probably increase our chances for a secondary cancer down the road, more than a few beers now and then.

JG

Hi T,

I am saving that experience for celebration to wash down the “boatload” of fish John and I catch under the Skyway Bridge.

Got to dream,

Matt

debbiejeanne said:

GREAT!!  drink on.
dj

GREAT!!  drink on.

dj

Like Shelby says, "Do not do what I do..., Don't do it...", LOL.

I am in no way a professional, so I can't say if or if not you should drink a few... 

JG

Here's to abi-normal. If it was not so early in the morn I would hoist one fer ya but that will wait until after a rowdy meeting I have scheduled for 5:00 PM.

I am planning on meeting up with John in a few weeks when in Florida for coffee. Now if Matt was also there then, we could do Dunkin Donuts with a baskin Robbins on the side so I could do that banana split I promised him. T, if you could also come we could move you up to some Jameson for one hell of a chaser.  Life is good

Enjoy the day

      Jeff

I found out that I was having the same problem with Beer, burning mouth and throat, so decided to try different beers, found out that I could drink Guiness, Stout, Beck's, Budveiser, cobra, kingfisher  and similar light coloured beers (Almost lagers) without any difficulty, can drink british keg beers relatively ok but sometimes get a burning sensation dependant on the alcohol content of them. For wine I normally have 2/3 glass wine mixed with 1/3 lemonade this is a reasonable compromise but can still burn

hope you enjoy finding what beer you can now drink

I used to dislike the lite stuff, Budweiser Coors, etc. Now, I like the clean refreshing taste of the lite stuff. Some of the heavy IPAs are less satisfying than before, just as well as they run twice the alcohol. drink on!  in moderation that is :-)

fishmanpa said:

Everything in Moderation

I read as well the alcohol is detrimental and can increase the chances of a recurrance but it was for moderate to heavy drinkers (2+ drinks a day). That kind of consumption isn't healthy without having had cancer. Obviously, tobacco use is totally out but I recall reading (I think here) that a cigar once in a great while wouldn't trigger a recurrance. For, me, I know smoking and hard drinking through the years along with HPV was the cause of my cancer and as much as I would love to enjoy a good stogie on a special occasion, I won't be doing so. 

At this point, a cold beer with a meal once in a while is fine and poses little or no risk. My docs are Ok with it.

Cheers!

"T"

Mum always said a little bit of what you fancy does you good. I don't smoke or drink but was wondering about E-lites (electric cigarettes)do they curb your longing for a ciggie. My partner has smoked in the house for the 30 years I've been with him, I bought him e-lites for his b'day and they aren't cheap but he refuses to try them,I always smell of tobacco on my clothes and in my hair and had the acrid taste in my throat. I had said to him in the past that his smoke cant be good for me but he just poo poo-ed it, sometimes getting quite cross about it. He now smokes only in one room when I'm not in it and if its a nice day he's sits on the garden bench. I feel a lot better now the smoke doesn't give me an acrid taste. When I was diagnosed with a drinker/smoker cancer  I said I could have got it from being a long term passive smoker but he doesn't go for that. How can you tell a ciggie addict that smoking is bad for you. He says you have to die from something. He says his health is fine (except for a chronic cough in the morning and he pants walking up the garden path).  He has said he feels sorry now he didn't listen to me and realises how unpleasant it was for me and anyone visiting but he didn't 'think'.  Please all smokers think of others who don't smoke.