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Just diagnoses with a throat cancer

Posted by trishe0311 @trishe0311, 1 day ago

Went in for an Endoscopy and it came back with a tumor and they took a biospy and it came back cancer. I quit smoking but now I have to deal with the consequences. Very scared. I am 53 yrs old and have a teenage daughter. Any advice? I am getting all my testing done. They are sending to a thoracic surgeon and Oncologist. This sucks!

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Jody aka mojo244 | @mojo244 | 11 hours ago

Hey Trish,
I’m so sorry about your cancer diagnosis.
I wasn’t much older than you when I was diagnosed with Stage IV base of tongue, throat and lymph nodes.
I’m now 62 years old soon to be 63.
I had too much cancer for surgery so they had to hit me as hard as possible with chemo and radiation.
Be sure to trust your care team, go in believing that they will shrink and kill that cancer, providing chemotherapy and radiation are the methods used.
I don’t want to go into detail until you know if you’re going to receive chemotherapy and radiation or surgery etc.
Keep me updated and you can pm me if you’d rather.
If you’re going to get chemotherapy and radiation I will give you plenty of information.
Until then, fight the good fight and get the mindset of you will survive!
MOJO

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lilypilly | @lilypilly | 7 hours ago
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@mojo244

Hey Trish,
I’m so sorry about your cancer diagnosis.
I wasn’t much older than you when I was diagnosed with Stage IV base of tongue, throat and lymph nodes.
I’m now 62 years old soon to be 63.
I had too much cancer for surgery so they had to hit me as hard as possible with chemo and radiation.
Be sure to trust your care team, go in believing that they will shrink and kill that cancer, providing chemotherapy and radiation are the methods used.
I don’t want to go into detail until you know if you’re going to receive chemotherapy and radiation or surgery etc.
Keep me updated and you can pm me if you’d rather.
If you’re going to get chemotherapy and radiation I will give you plenty of information.
Until then, fight the good fight and get the mindset of you will survive!
MOJO

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Hello Mojo how did you manage the side effects and what......how long did you have them. How did you treat them?
I am asking because I too had chemo and radiation like you.
Please any advise would be helpful to me.

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trishe0311 | @trishe0311 | 3 hours ago
In reply to @mojo244 "Hey Trish, I’m so sorry about your cancer diagnosis. I wasn’t much older than you when..." + (show)
@mojo244

Hey Trish,
I’m so sorry about your cancer diagnosis.
I wasn’t much older than you when I was diagnosed with Stage IV base of tongue, throat and lymph nodes.
I’m now 62 years old soon to be 63.
I had too much cancer for surgery so they had to hit me as hard as possible with chemo and radiation.
Be sure to trust your care team, go in believing that they will shrink and kill that cancer, providing chemotherapy and radiation are the methods used.
I don’t want to go into detail until you know if you’re going to receive chemotherapy and radiation or surgery etc.
Keep me updated and you can pm me if you’d rather.
If you’re going to get chemotherapy and radiation I will give you plenty of information.
Until then, fight the good fight and get the mindset of you will survive!
MOJO

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Thank you so much. I still a little more testing to find out exactly what kind and stage. I appreciate the support!

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Jody aka mojo244 | @mojo244 | 1 hour ago
In reply to @lilypilly "Hello Mojo how did you manage the side effects and what......how long did you have them...." + (show)
@lilypilly

Hello Mojo how did you manage the side effects and what......how long did you have them. How did you treat them?
I am asking because I too had chemo and radiation like you.
Please any advise would be helpful to me.

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Hey Lilly,
I have many post treatment troubles.
-Fatigue
-Brain Fog; I lose track of conversation at times as my mind drifts off.
-Reaction time is delayed
-Joint pain
-Stiff neck
-24/7 migraine with 7-10 pain level
-Dizziness with loss of balance at times
—Stiff jaw; hard to open mouth wide to eat
-Difficult to swallow food, I need lots of fluids to get food down
-Dry mouth
-A few teeth chipped and one cracked recently
-Urgency and frequency; when I gotta go I gotta go!
I’m sure there’s more but that’s the gist of it
Hope that helps
MOJO

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