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My husband has tonsil cancer spread to lymph node on left side of neck. He had 2 does of cisplatin (one more at the end of treatment) and has 9 more radiation ...
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I was diagnosed with Tonsil cancer stage IV ...I had a neck dissection and tonsillectomy on feb 26th, loosing the nerve to the right side of my tongue, shortly ...
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| 2 | 04/17/08 |
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Vertigo and Radiation
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I'm into my second week of radiation for base of tongue and began to experience VERTIGO which I have never had in my life. Did receive some meds but t...
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| 4 | 04/16/08 |
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Please keep the info coming. I am inquiring for my husband. I've got a couple of health care professionals checking it out for me. We would have to move out...
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| 18 | 04/16/08 |
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"Newby" Husband has tonsil can...
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Thank all of you for your messages. My husband and I don't like surprises and you all are a wealth of info. When we get through this situation we will ...
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| 6 | 04/16/08 |
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update on the last few days of...
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he drove himself to treatment on monday...and his doctor chided him for doing so! thankfully they moved his radiation to an early morning appt. until we a...
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| 2 | 04/15/08 |
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sinonasal undifferentiated car...
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Hello! I'm a healthy, 45-year-old male very recently diagnosed with SNUC. While the doctors review my tests and decide treatment, I wondered if anyone has a...
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| 14 | 04/14/08 |
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Tomo-Therapy
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Anyone have experience with this type of radiation? My husband starts this treatment on April 22nd. I have read about it, but wondered if anyone has...
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| 2 | 04/14/08 |
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"Newby"-- husband has tonsil c...
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I have been reading the message board for a couple of weeks. You are all wonderful to share your stiories, encouragement and advice. I am scared to death and ha...
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| 16 | 04/14/08 |
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Spoke to soon
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Hi Friends:Well I spoke too soon. The med onc removed my hubbies 5FU infusion a day early as mucositis was taking over. He has felt comple...
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| 1 | 04/13/08 |
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7 more days of treatment!
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7 days to go...and seems like it will be the hardest. his fentynal patch has been boosted to 100mcg and i am very concerned about him driving himself to t...
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| 8 | 04/13/08 |
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Positive Adjuvant Treatment
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Hello Friends:Just wanted to drop a positive note to everyone about my husbands progress. The last visit with the med onc was great. He won't sa...
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| 4 | 04/09/08 |
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epiglottis/granulation at peg ...
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Hi new to this site. wished I had found it at beg of treatment, so much good advice from people who has actually been through it. Im from Britain so terms ...
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| 3 | 04/08/08 |
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radiation recovery times
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I underwent 31 radiation treatments to my neck that ended 3-17-08. Chemotherapy was also part of my treatment using cisplatin. I am still suffering ...
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| 8 | 04/07/08 |
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saliva Glands
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Does anyone have an advice on protecting the saliva glands during radiation treatment? The Dr said for sure my husband will lose one side and the other will be ...
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| 17 | 04/07/08 |
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erbitux
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I had written previosly about my brother in law being treated with erbitux. I guess they do use it on its own for recurring(sp?) cancer in head and neck c...
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| 18 | 04/06/08 |
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bilateral neck dissection ques...
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I have been here before but not for awhile. My husband had squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with occult primary. He had some treatment 2...
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| 1 | 04/06/08 |
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sore tongue
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Hello !My husband was diagnised with primary cancer being at the base of his tongue and then ging to his lymph nodes on the right side of his neck. He has gone ...
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| 5 | 04/05/08 |
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First check up
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It's been 36 days today since I finished radiation. Sitting here in my hotel room next to MD Anderson in Houston relaxing because my first ct-scan of my hea...
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| 12 | 04/03/08 |
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my throat
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Hi i;am mary; i;am new here, looking for info. I had some bumps in my ...
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| 15 | 04/02/08 |
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Dental issues
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I would like to know if anyone has had any dental issues since radiation. I am18 months out from my last radiation treatment and have noticed a lot of dis...
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| 8 | 04/02/08 |
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Fever during treatment
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Did anyone experience really high temperatures during treatment for tonsil cancer? My husband stopped the cetuximab early, they felt it had done it's job. N...
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| 8 | 04/02/08 |
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Help with preparing for treatm...
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My Husband was diagnosed with cancer of the left tonsil and has some lymph node involvement. He will begin treatment next week after mapping. He will have radia...
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| 11 | 04/01/08 |
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Off to Houston for first tests...
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Heading out to MD Anderson from Las Vegas 37 days after I finished radiation tomorrow for my first round of blood work, ct scan of head and neck, ct scan of che...
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| 7 | 03/31/08 |
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dry mouth
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Thank you for your replies re gagging and coughing. My husband has now, thankfully, passed the coughing and gagging stage and is now drinking water and ha...
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