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Neck Dissection
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Could someone explain to me why a neck dissection would not be done on every person diagnosed with neck cancer?My husband was diagnosed with squamous cell in th...
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| 3 | 01/01/08 |
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taste bud recovery
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My husband is now 7 weeks post treatment---both radiation & chemo--and is still having difficulty with the taste recovery issue. He is getting very fr...
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| 23 | 12/31/07 |
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Amiphostine Injections
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Has anyone heard of getting daily injection of Amiphostine during radiation to stem off the side effects of mouth sores? Supposed to protect the good cells??Tha...
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| 2 | 12/30/07 |
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recovery time required for nec...
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My husband had tonsil cancer. He had 7 weeks of chemo (erbitux once a week for 7 weeks) and 7 weeks of radiation. He had developed a swelling on the same ...
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| 9 | 12/29/07 |
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jaw surgery after mod rad neck...
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HelloMy fiance had a modfied radical neck dissection in July - he has been doing exercises for his jaw mobility and the doctor told him that this was a sl...
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| 2 | 12/29/07 |
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Depressed and Angry
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Christmas Eve it will be 3 weeks since I completed treatment; 36 radiation sessions and 1 session (2 days) of horrible chemotherapy which hospitalized me for 3 ...
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| 8 | 12/22/07 |
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HPV
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What is this connection I keep hearing about between the HPV virus and men's tonsil cancer? I didn't even know what HPV was until I readt it somewhere. ...
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| 19 | 12/21/07 |
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One side vs. two
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I was recently diagnosed Stage 1, T-1, N-0, M-0 of my left tonsil, 1.5cm tumor. I consider myself very lucky indeed to catch it so early. No Chemo, no surgery, ...
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| 12 | 12/20/07 |
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Good News Today
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Last Thursday I had my annual PET scan done and today I met with my
doctor to go over the results. The scan was clear and showed no
sign of any activity...
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| 5 | 12/17/07 |
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neck & shoulder stiffness
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I had a neck disection in August followed by 6 weeks of radiation. While standing, I can barely lift by left arm more than 80 degrees to the side and 56 degrees...
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| 1 | 12/16/07 |
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overwhelmed
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I am presently undergoing radiation therapy for neck tumors. Had a melignancy removed from a mass of lymph nodes in July. Primary tumor is unknown.&...
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| 8 | 12/08/07 |
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facing radical neck dissection
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Yes, my husband has been a fighter of squamous cell cancer,he faces this surgery december 19th. I will be there with him every step of the way and ask tha...
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| 4 | 12/05/07 |
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Neck/jaw
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Hey everyone, Found a small lump on the under (ventral) surface of my jaw, almost centered, just rostral (maybe half an inch or less) to my Adam's appl...
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| 3 | 12/05/07 |
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parotid cancer loss of taste
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I have finished my radiation treatments three weeks ago and got a wonderful report but during these I lost my taste (as well as saliva and had other d...
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| 3 | 11/30/07 |
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Tonsil Cancer Survivor
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Just a note of hope to all of you who may have been diagnosised with Stage III Tonsil Cancer recently. You can survive it.Oct 2001 at age 52 I was dianosised,an...
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| 4 | 11/29/07 |
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Astro sarcoma
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I hope someone can redirect me. My nephew, 27 never smoked, drank and lived a healty athletic life walked into a hospital Thanksgiving morning and now is paraly...
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| 2 | 11/23/07 |
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information?
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A month ago my father was examined by a dentist who noticed puffiness in his left cheek area which did not appear to be directly related to a dental problem.&nb...
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| 0 | 11/23/07 |
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Beyond curative - shifting foc...
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My husband (48, stage IVa now recurrent scc) had an appointment today with the oncologist and oncology surgeon following last weeks attempted bilateral neck dis...
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| 10 | 11/20/07 |
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Nausea following radiation and...
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It has now been 13 days post radiation and 12 days post chemo and my partner still experieces sub nausea and has think mucous in his throat. He has taken ...
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| 5 | 11/19/07 |
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zinc and taste buds
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I have read somewhere on here that zinc can help the taste buds recover quicker. My husband just finished radiation and chemo last week and we are hoping to get...
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| 3 | 11/18/07 |
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Suggestions for eating
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I just finished chemo and radiation for tonsillar cancer. I am trying to find things that I can stand to eat because of the taste (or lack of) in my mouth.So fa...
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| 9 | 11/16/07 |
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(my former) mother-in-law had ...
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Hello everyone, I am writing here to find some help in giving emotional support as well as find someone who may have had a similar procedure/experience wit...
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| 1 | 11/15/07 |
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Very bad news today...
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My husband of 27 years (48, scc stage 4a. left tonsil) was taken to surgery for a bilateral neck dissection. The Dr estimated that the surgery would ...
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| 3 | 11/14/07 |
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metastesis
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As a reminder, I have SCC of unknown primary, stage IV w/metastesis to the right neck in (at least) 4 lymph nodes. I had IMRT, cisplatin, and a neck ...
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| 1 | 11/14/07 |
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Neck tumor/tonsils removed, ou...
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This message is continued from my last (which is pasted below this message). I guess you could consider it an update and information for the new people to this....
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| 0 | 11/13/07 |
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