MikeL

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• MikeL has replied to a post on the message board

  My Mom got her CT results back. Doctors say they don't see the initial growth on her epiglottis anymore, but they do see some infiltration on her left voice cord. They don't know what it is - if it's just an ifflamation from the treatment, or a tumor. They are going to treat it just in case. Also, even though whoever was doing this scan was told to pay attention to bumps in the neck (swollen lymph nodes or whatever ...

  June 14, 2012 view post

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  Sharon,   Thank you for your story. My Mom had just visited a Dr. and he appointed her for 30 more treatments. She went surprisingly well through the first 20 - she almost has no symptoms except for several swollen lymphnodes that appeared after one of the last treatments. One more thing she has - choking on her food sometimes and still that stinging in throat that always was there. What I'm concerned about ...

  June 11, 2012 view post

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  Hello everybody,   I would like to ask for some information and some experience from you. My mom was diagnosed with epiglottis cancer. She lives in my home country. I have to say that the whole healthcare system there works differently. All the treatment for cancer patient is nearly free of charge - you may have to pay some for expensive and complex tests, but the treatment itself is, as far as I understood h...

  June 05, 2012 view discussion