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Just diagnosed with a throat cancer
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Aug 14, 2025 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
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!
I am a 45 year old woman and this basically explains my diagnosis to a "T" and I am going to be starting radiation 5 days a week and chemo 1 day a week for 7weeks. Not sure what to expect, the doctors just say it is going to be really hard. Any info would be greatly appreciated
I have hiatus hernia and underactive thyroid.
For 15months I've had a hoarse voice. Dr referred me to ENT.
ENT Dr has requested a scan and endoscopy. He said I have noddles at the back of my throat. Always clearing my throat and cough small amounts of phlegm whilst clearing my throat. Both my tests will be in the next 1/2weeks. Think it's pretty quick!! TBH. T more I think about it,the more worried I'm getting 😪
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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.