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Half Way There!!
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We my husband and I are half-way through our journey of hell (as far as the treatments go anyways). Made it through three weeks and three more weeks to go...
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| 4 | 05/02/08 |
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tomo radiation
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I don't understand the difference between "tomo" radiation and other types of radiation. I was treated by the "Trilogy linear accelerat...
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| 1 | 05/02/08 |
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Need Insights
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My husband (54 y.o.) was diagnosed with stage iv squamous cell head & neck cancer w/mets to liver and bone this past January. Previously, he had been ...
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| 4 | 05/02/08 |
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White Blood Cell Count
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My husband is getting his last radiation treatment tomorrow. He was suppose to get his 3rd dose of cisplatin yesterday but his white count was too low. They c...
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| 5 | 05/01/08 |
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Hair loss and cisplatin?
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Hi Cancer support famiy, Has anyone expierianced hair loss with cisplatin? We were told by the docs that he wouldn't loose his hair and while rubbing his he...
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| 7 | 04/30/08 |
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Update on Tongue Surgery w/Gra...
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It's been 5 days since surgery and am in some pain but nothing too awfully bad. I have hydrocodone when I need it. Before I couldn't swallow well becaus...
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| 5 | 04/30/08 |
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two weeks more wait for treatm...
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I am 45 and have been diagnosed w/ tonsil cancer, with 3 affected nodes on same side and 1 on opposite side.I am feeling very anxious about getting started beca...
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| 21 | 04/29/08 |
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Don't say yippee to fast!
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Two weeks ago my first ct-scan after radiation for tonsil cancer showed my tumor was gone. All excited until today. My ent found a "suspicous mark" un...
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| 21 | 04/28/08 |
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Acupuncture
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Hi all :))Has anyone tried acupuncture for chronic pain issues after radiation and chemo for squamous cell base of tongue? I'm over two years out with clean...
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| 3 | 04/28/08 |
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Mucus
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I never really had the mucus problem as bad as many during my radiation. I met a great navy seal when I was at MD Anderson as he was starting his treatment shor...
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| 3 | 04/27/08 |
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Yellow Stripe Center on Tongue
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Hello Friends!One more adjuvant treatment week and my hubby is done! Whew. I can't wait until the PET scan provides the harmonious R word a...
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| 3 | 04/27/08 |
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stuff i can try to do before t...
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told 2 weeks ago stage 4 tonsil cancer so im reading everything i can Ive read glutimine helps should i start taking it now?.Is there something i can do to my n...
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| 6 | 04/26/08 |
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over 2 weeks since i was told
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2 weeks ago 15 minutes with sugical oncologist. Who open my moth looked in with a flashlight and said advanced tonsil cancer then clipped a few pieces out....
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| 4 | 04/26/08 |
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i just have to ask...
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...has anyone else wondered why the icons on this message board for Caregivers are female and the Patients are male? you would think with todays tech...
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| 5 | 04/26/08 |
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Just Venting
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Well today was radiation treatment number 9 and hubby is not doing so well. I call him every day from work at about 9:30 to make sure he is up and eats br...
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| 12 | 04/25/08 |
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cancer larynx mets lungs advan...
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please any help would be great
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| 2 | 04/25/08 |
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Husband will not do what Dr's ...
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Hello,My Husband is 2 weeks into treatment has had one round of Chemo and 13 rounds of radiation. He is having a lot of trouble with Nausea is will not do the w...
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| 13 | 04/24/08 |
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Radiation (Tomo-therapy) Pain
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Yesterday my husband had his first rad. He was complaining of slightly stonger pain in his throat earlier that day. But after his treatment, he says...
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| 2 | 04/24/08 |
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A New Problem
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I had pharyngeal cancer diagnosed last November (not sure which stage) but the Dr. said it was pretty "bulky." No surgery, but finished 33 rad. treatm...
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| 3 | 04/23/08 |
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Updates?
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I am just wondering how everyone else that is going through the treatments right now are doing.My husband is in his second week of radiation (6th treatment toda...
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| 15 | 04/22/08 |
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Cetuximab
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A family member has been offered a trial involving cetuximab. Although he has esophageal cancer, has anyone taken it for head and neck cancers and can offe...
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| 4 | 04/19/08 |
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Surgery Under Tongue w/Skin Gr...
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Well, I'm in remission for nasophyrangeal cancer, but there's a small area under my tongue that the surgeon wants to take out and will use a skin graft ...
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| 2 | 04/18/08 |
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PET clear! Getting ready to b...
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We found out yesterday that my husband's PET scan was clear!!!!! So that would make his official stage T1N2bM0. I still can't believe we got...
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| 1 | 04/18/08 |
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Loss Voice
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My husband has not started his treatment yet but for what ever this is worth---try a humidifier at his bedside for miosture. Be sure to drain, rinse and change ...
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| 3 | 04/17/08 |
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Tomo Therapy
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Hey Guys, Thanks for the feed back on the tomotherapy. I have done a lot of researching and reading. My friends, in the health field,were trying to research if ...
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