Thanks and congrats to you as well Susan!!!
PS - I am 58 and finished treatment at 53. I was a gym rat before getting sick, turned into a skinny frail old man, and am back in great shape again!!
2 years? - you're there! I truly like talking to people that have our dreaded illness and helping them however I can. I also have those bumps and bruises but compared to what we went through, and what the outcome COULD have been......I'll take it! :)
I hit this milestone in June. My last radiation was 6/20/2013. I am grateful for my life and also grateful for this site that helped me get through everything I needed to. I wish everyone here great success in their battle and with life. If there's any questions about feeding tubes, phlegm, chemo, radiation - or BOT / tonsil cancer in general please reach out!
From what I gather - I was also slow to get back to eating "real" food after my feeding tube was removed. I think it comes down to "learning" tp swallow again after not doing so for so long. Physically I felt great - but stayed on the liquid / feeding tube for a couple months. FINALLY, I was able to eat some scrambled eggs - VERY little...but it gave me the confidence to try more, and new foods. ...
Good luck and stay strong! SO many have gone through this here, myself included (I was also Stage 4). Radiation will get worse as it progresses. I needed the feeding tube. I had Cisplatin and had a hard time with it. The treatment is rough and you know that. The good news is - you're going to be alright!!!!! NOT all cancer patients can say this. The other good news is that your / ou...
I am going to be brutally honest - if your dad has the same chemo (Cisplatin) and radiation (36 on head & neck) many of us have had - it's going to be rough at his age. It was tough for me and I was 52. The good news is - if it's HPV related it's VERY curable. Mine had spread to lymphnodes as many others here did. Is it HPV related do you know? Best of luck to dad!!
Hi! Many of us started the same way you did - my story is almost identical. Sore throat for over a month finally decide to go to doctor - and BAM! The best news I have (because cancer is such a scary word) is that if you're not a smoker it's likely HPV. Why is that good news? The survival rates are screamingly HIGH! Like the rest of us - you're (very) likely to beat the darn thing! No...
Hey - CONGRATS! Ain't it great to be alive!? In 3 weeks (6/20) I celebrate my 4th anniversary of my last radiation treatment. I feel SO good today and will add... THIS board was my savior. NO place else could I go and talk to people about feeding tubes and phlegm. The recipes, suggestions and moral support are what I needed to get me through. I went from 175 lb to 135 lb - but 3+ y...
Well, come back now that you have a couple of excellent (recent) replies! :) Hope thinhgs turn the corner for you guys...
I was diagnosed Stage 4a Oropharyngeal Cancer (started on tonsils and spread to throat and tumor in my neck) April 2013 and had Chemo (Cisplatin) and 36 Radiation treatments that ended 6/20/2013.
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