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Radiation Discussions

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mucoedermoid carcinoma
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Hi My mom has High Grade Mucoedermoid Carcinoma a rare cancer in her throat and now spread to a lymnod, that has just been removed.We start radiation very ...
006/26/09 Message Rating
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chemo/radiation for anal cance...
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Good morning all,Today I will complete two of the six weeks (5 days a week) of chemo/radiation for anal cancer.  Even though it has been a struggle, I...
206/19/09 Message Rating
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rectal cancer
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Hi everyone,I've started chemo/radiation two days ago.  And am trying hard to keep a positive attitude. I read about "the Budwig Diet" and as...
106/09/09 Message Rating
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Tattoo process
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HiI have a close relative with prostate cancer.Recently he underwent the pre treatment setup.During the procedure he was told to lie very still which he did.&nb...
004/28/09 Message Rating
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Post Radiation Symptoms
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About two years after receiving radiation for breast cancer, I began getting sick after being in the sun, especially on a warm day.  My oncologist has neve...
004/25/09 Message Rating
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anyone survived more than 2 ye...
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was diagnosed in 2001 with breast cancer, had radical mast, left breast, radiation and chemo, dec 2004 one met to right lung chemo and wedge resection, 2007 two...
104/24/09 Message Rating
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radiation burns
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I have lung cancer, and had radiation treatments 25, The radiation was done on my back and on my breast.  About 2 wks after treatment, I started to blister...
104/24/09 Message Rating
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Surgery for radiation to small...
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Hello everyone,          I had rectal cancer back in 1988 and went through chemo, radiation and surgery. I had a foot of my intestines ...
003/02/09 Message Rating
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Surgery for radiation to small...
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Hello everyone,          I had rectal cancer back in 1988 and went through chemo and radiation and sugery. I had a foot of my intestine...
003/02/09 Message Rating
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HDR Brachytherapie side effect...
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What are the side effects after a HDR brachytherapy. Has anyone experience with recidivating strictures and the possibilities of treatment, like urethrotomia in...
002/20/09 Message Rating
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Hi everyone recently diagnosed...
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Miami, FloridaThursday, January 08, 2009    2pm Hi to everyone whom I considered a blessing for having this great space to support one another in a di...
001/08/09 Message Rating
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Weakness
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It has now been 5 weeks since completion of 45 IMRT forprostate cancer. The only side effect so far has been fatigue, weakness, and being very tired most of the...
012/18/08 Message Rating
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Has Anyone Used SIR Spheres fo...
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Hi Everyone,My mom has been diagnosed with unknown primary carcinoid which metastasized to her liver in August 2007.  She was doing Gerson Therapy and...
012/14/08 Message Rating
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Fatigue
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I just completed 45 IMRT treatments for prostate cancer 4 weeks ago. I am continuing to be very weak and tired. All blood work is normal but fatigue is still a ...
212/10/08 Message Rating
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proton therapy for snuc
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hello everyone,my brother was diagnosed with snuc about one month ago.  He has had a surgery in which he did loose his vision in his right eye.  He is...
011/28/08 Message Rating
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radiation enteritis diagnosis ...
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I have taken my Mom to numerous gastroenterologists, nutritionists and surgeons due to her radiation enteritis.  She has gotten progressively worse with in...
011/01/08 Message Rating
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Esophagus Stricture and damage...
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my dad is 73 and finished radiation and chemo 2 years ago for thyroid cancer and non-hodgkins lymphoma.  he has a tracheostomy and a feeding tube that he h...
110/27/08 Message Rating
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Can positive results actually ...
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My dad started Radiation therapy yesterday (external beam), for various tumors that were found to be near his spine and causing sciatica-like pain down his leg....
010/21/08 Message Rating
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Where to get radiation
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Does the hospital you get radiation at make a difference or is one treatment the same as the next......location of cancer is in the hip bone from Stage IV lung ...
109/23/08 Message Rating
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Proton vs Radiation
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I am a 54 y/o male.  I just had a cancerous tonsil removed and was told that I also have cancer at the base of my tongue.  It's called squamous ce...
009/05/08 Message Rating
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in-patient treatment-does it e...
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I am a 46 year old housewife recently diagnosed with as IIB cervical cancer. What I would like to know is if a there are radiation clinics that offer to its pa...
208/23/08 Message Rating
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Lymph Nodes
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Hi all,I just received my cat scan report (I have RCC (kidney was removed),  brain, and lung mets, now this report says that I have 2.5 cm  necrotic l...
008/22/08 Message Rating
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Hyperaric oxygen to treat radi...
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Does anyone have any info of the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to treat long term side effects of whole brain radiation? "The most common condition tr...
508/06/08 Message Rating
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Just starting need advice
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I will be starting radiation in 2 weeks for oral cancer at base of tongue, I have been having places removed since 2003, (tonsil, soft palate area)but the last ...
008/04/08 Message Rating
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Pain
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Hi I have been having Radio active iodine treatment 3 doses in 3 years I would vomit during the treatment and now I have been suffering really bad headaches and...
008/04/08 Message Rating
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