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Radiation Discussions

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Fatigue
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Two years ago I had a Lumpectomy followed by radiation. During radiation I was given the drug Ritalin do to extreme fatigue. I continue to be exhausted most of ...
308/14/07 Message Rating
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Total Brain Radiation
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Is anyone out there that can tell me about their experience with total brain radiation?  Side effects?  How long did the side effects work?  How ...
607/25/07 Message Rating
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tonuge ulcers HELP PLEASE
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I just finished radiation 37 treatments yesterday and while i have had every awful side effect. the  worst right now is tongue ulcers  my tongue hurts...
007/20/07 Message Rating
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Finished Radiation (YAHOOOOOO...
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I just want to THANK everyone that answered all my ?s about radiation and any others I had.. I have sinus cancer had 2 surgerys and 37 treatments of Radiat...
007/19/07 Message Rating
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Radiation and my eye ??
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Have sinus cancer had  them removed  have 4 more treatments of radiation (THANK GOD)  Because i have had all kind of bad side effects..  Nee...
007/15/07 Message Rating
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salty taste buds Please Help
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  Im hoping someone can help.... ok im on my 29th day of radiation to my face.. have 8 more to go  THANK GOD.. Ive had every side effect and still get...
007/09/07 Message Rating
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help my tongue is bad
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almost done radiation on my face for sinus cancer. face is beet red and swollen. hair has fallin out . dont have any taste left  but the worst is i have to...
107/04/07 Message Rating
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R F Ablation
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My husband did it on the liver and so far so good. It eas great
006/29/07 Message Rating
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Radiation after Whipple?
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My mom had the Whipple in December and her incision is not yet healed due to infections and chemo.  Her surgeon can't believe they have not started rad...
106/26/07 Message Rating
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All the info I can get
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Have sinus cancer . Dr took all sinuses out.I am on my 15 day of radiation. Have no taste buds. My mouth is awful. Also have very bad headaches now on the ...
106/17/07 Message Rating
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Radiation and Age
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What is the correlation between the success of radiation (for base of tongue cancer) and age?  Or does it matter?  Are side effects more likely in an ...
006/11/07 Message Rating
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Breast Cancer radiation and th...
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I need help getting information about developing a enlarged thyroid while undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer. The right side of my thyroid is enla...
005/27/07 Message Rating
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radiation pneumonitis
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My mom was diagnosed with radiation pneumonitis after breast cancer radiation therapy. She was put on predisone for over a month.coughing and breathing prob...
004/30/07 Message Rating
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brain radiation
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Hi My husband finished 3 weeks of brain radiation he has had a hard time coming back from this. He had a lot of side effects from the steriods he was on ,h...
004/08/07 Message Rating
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uterine cancer and radiation
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my mom is 77 years old. She just had a total hysterectomy for uterine cancer.. pathology report came all clear. no cancer.  lymph nodes all clear. cancer w...
003/30/07 Message Rating
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LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS
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I had prostate cancer in 2003 that was treated with 25 radiation treatments  and then a high dose rate. I had 4 Lupron hormone shots. I had the n...
003/25/07 Message Rating
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Pelvic Radiation Side Effects
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Hi....I had alot of pelvic radiation recently and I am having quite a few side effects. My doctor ran some tests and scans and he told me that the radiation has...
303/15/07 Message Rating
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severe abdominal pain after ra...
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my wife has completed a course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for ovarian cancer. the good news is, the cancer is in remission. unfortunately, she has now dev...
202/22/07 Message Rating
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Radiotherapy - Glioblastoma Mu...
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Please can anyone let me know what effects Radiotherapy has?  The doctors have now said this could be an option but I am not sure if we should put him thro...
102/20/07 Message Rating
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Novalis System
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Has anyone used the Novalis System and can you tell me how it went? Our specific condition is a Astrocytoma tumor (brain). Also we are wondering if there are lo...
101/30/07 Message Rating
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12 years later horrible pain i...
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Had breast removed in 1982..Cancer came back in 1995 in the chest wall. had chemo and 36 treatments of radiation. Having terrible pain in armpit..like a thousan...
301/12/07 Message Rating
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Selective Internal Radiation T...
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Hello, Did anybody have gone through SIRT? if so what hospital ?any success? Please advice. Thank you PS -SIRT is a non-surgical outpatient therapy that uses ...
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Sterotastic Radiation Treatmen...
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hi my name is lou, my husband has rcc,he's had a kidney removed, part lower lung lobe and brain surgery.our oncologist wants to start him on sutent but only til...
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Rectal Pain and Tenderness
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I am in my fifth week of radiation treatment after radical prostate surgery,is this a serious side effect? I was not told about this before starting radiation, ...
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Radiation Enteritis
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33 years ago, age 17 I had ovarian cancer. Had lots of radiation for months. Now, my intestines are full of scar tissue and I can't eat. I drink Boost and ca...
610/23/06 Message Rating
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