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dry mouth ... lack of saliva
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9 weeks after radiation mucositis is still happening, but it seems tha dry mouth or a lack of saliva is the biggest impediment to eating hard foods.  Any s...
204/25/08 Message Rating
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All of you
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  All of you here are such wonderful people. I wrote a post the other day (about my brother in law)and someone named Amy answered me so quickly with h...
003/01/08 Message Rating
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my husband just finished radia...
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my husband has just finished his radiation and chemo for tonsil cancer stage 3.  he is now burned up pretty bad and has lost weight. going thru the treatme...
702/05/08 Message Rating
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feeding tube suggestions...
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hi, i am new to the message board. my dad is currently undergoing chemo for throat cancer. he's 63, did radiation and a fairly new procedure called cyberknife. ...
101/31/08 Message Rating
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another question
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I am having my RAI treatment in a couple weeks.  I am not staying in the hospital afterwards- not a option I guess.  I will be staying at my inlaws ho...
001/05/08 Message Rating
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Bilateral Radical Neck Dissect...
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At 11 tomorrow morning my 48 year old husband with scc of the left tonsil stage 4a will have a bilateral radical neck dissection.  Scared is not even close...
011/13/07 Message Rating
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Bilateral Radical Neck Dissect...
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At 11 tomorrow morning my 48 year old husband with scc of the left tonsil stage 4a will have a bilateral radical neck dissection.  Scared is not even close...
011/13/07 Message Rating
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Radical Neck dissection surger...
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My 48 year old husband - SCC stage IVa - diagnosed in May - 10 weeks since end of chemo (9 cisplatin) and radiation (90 treatments).  We went yesterday to ...
011/10/07 Message Rating
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Diagnosis post radiation/chemo...
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My husband had PT/CT/MRI testing results today after completing 90 radiation treatments and 9 chemo treatments just over 8 weeks ago.  He is stage IVA squa...
610/30/07 Message Rating
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red lumps in my throat!
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I have small red bumps all over my throat. When I swallow I feel them everywhere inside! What could this be! I have no STD's so I am confused on what i...
009/20/07 Message Rating
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A little concerned...
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Hi, I am a nineteen year old college student who is questioning her health. I certainly do not mean to make light of those on the site with diagnosed cance...
208/28/07 Message Rating
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A Little Scared
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I have a friend, who was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer, I am trying to be there for him emotionally and help him through this difficult stage, I hav...
108/22/07 Message Rating
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Treatment ending.. scared to h...
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My husband has stage 4 tonsillar cancer with lymph node involvement and very advanced.He has had 8 rounds of chemo along with radiation.  Fortunately he di...
808/07/07 Message Rating
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Throat Cancer and HPV
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Anyone connected the HPV virus as  the probable cause of their throat cancer? My husband, who was diagnosed Stage 3 (pyriform sinus (hypopharnyx) with regi...
007/22/07 Message Rating
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Neck Red and Sore
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Hi everyone!  I recently went to the walk-in clinic for a redness I've had on my neck for over a month.  It sometimes gets red like sunburn, and g...
206/26/07 Message Rating
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peg tube removal
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I just finished 7 week course of radiation with chemo; how the hack is my peg tube going to be removed?? Noone has explained that one to me yet
306/06/07 Message Rating
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Stage 4 Tonsillar Cancer - new...
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I am looking for support and information.My husband of 27 years was diagnosed with left Tonsillar Pillar cancer this week.  He is 48 and the progression ha...
106/03/07 Message Rating
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I think i got cancer
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I know that i shouldn't be writing this on a board, but go to the doctor and i'm gonna do that tomorrow. But i just can't go to sleep now! I'm s...
006/03/07 Message Rating
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Please help
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I'm going on 30, returning student who lacks health insurance.  Back in Oct I started to develope tiny bumps in my throat--the entire oropharnyx--bumps...
105/22/07 Message Rating
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squamous cell carcinoma cancer
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Don't know where to start. I discovered a lump in my neck, that could not be seen, on about Feb  2007. I went to the Dr. and he treated it for infectio...
605/01/07 Rated by 1 members
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erbitux treatment
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I am 58 years old and thru with my radiation and Erbitux treatments. It has been 9 months now. I was wondering if anyone has had a pain in the left side of ...
204/10/07 Message Rating
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squamous cell carcirnoma
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has anyone had experience with the new TOMO Theraphy radiation machineWill greatly appreciate your feedbackStephen
103/01/07 Message Rating
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Will Time Make Him Worst in Mo...
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He tries to eat 4 cans a day (the doctor wants 5 cans per day), he can't most days lucky to do 3 cans. At six four in height and one hundred and twenty pounds ...
111/15/06 Message Rating
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Throat Cancer
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My 66 year old father was just diagnosed with "early" laryngeal cancer after undergoing a biopsy last week. Our family is in shock. He is trying to determine th...
007/07/06 Message Rating
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Worried
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In November 2005 I went to the doctor mulitiple times about my throat it's red and has a white bump small one smaller then a pea on my side of my throat. Well e...
901/11/06 Message Rating
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