I finally figured out what could be causing my lighted headness.

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timreichhart
timreichhart Member Posts: 194
edited November 2011 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Hey Guys
I know I havent been on here in about month or so but I finally went and got a balance test last week after my ENT doctor ordered it and here is the results they have found out:

I have permit inner ear damage on the right or left ear but they cant figure out which one it is.

I have numbness in both legs and right arm which they ruled it as Peripheral Neuropathy.

there is other ones I cant remember what it was because I dont have the paper work in front of me but I do have 4 new problems I got to deal with now and which I am taking meds for now which is amitriptylin 10MG tabs which I have to take for 7 days before bed time and I have to take the meds intill I see the balance doctor again in couple weeks.

Soon as I get the paper work back from my wife because her mom is looking at right now I can post more info about it.

Also I dont remember if I told anybody that I was dealing with staph infection in my lungs or not but I am also batting that which I took all the meds and still hacking up the multi color mucus so I dont think the meds work so I see my lung doctor next week and tell him that because now I have alot bigger issues with that so I might have to get a high res picture done of my lungs to see if there is any other issues going on.

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  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member
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    But they are killing the cancer
    It must be disheartening to experience so many setbacks but lets not take our eye off the final prize and that's eradicating this awful disease. Many platinum based chemo drugs cause neuropathy and hearing loss. Are you still on chemo? Hopefully the numbness and infection will eventually go away leaving a very lovable but hard of hearing wonderful life to be cherished. You will come out of this! Despair but only for a short while.
  • timreichhart
    timreichhart Member Posts: 194
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    ratface said:

    But they are killing the cancer
    It must be disheartening to experience so many setbacks but lets not take our eye off the final prize and that's eradicating this awful disease. Many platinum based chemo drugs cause neuropathy and hearing loss. Are you still on chemo? Hopefully the numbness and infection will eventually go away leaving a very lovable but hard of hearing wonderful life to be cherished. You will come out of this! Despair but only for a short while.

    Nope been off chemo treatments for little over a year ago
    Nope I been off of all cancer treatments for little over year ago but the Cisplatin/5FU and radiation did the most damage from what I was told.

    So its going to take awhile for all this stuff ago away or managed by meds like they are doing now.
  • Patti678
    Patti678 Member Posts: 55
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    I'm terribly sorry for what
    I'm terribly sorry for what you are going through. My hope for you is that you are able to get the doctor's help to resolve these problems.

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