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Have you ever had hiccups with or after chemotherapy?
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Aug 17 12:15pm | Replies (110)Comment receiving replies
His cancer did metastasis to lymph node at end of his single pipe. Inoperable.
Started back of tongue in his throat, then moved to 5 lymph nodes on the left side of his neck. Surgery on both sides of his neck and lymph nodes were removed. Followed with 6 weeks of cisplatin with 6 weeks of proton radiation to left side of neck and throat. He was given a 98% cure rate. 3 month petscan showed cancer metastasized to left the windpipe.
They started him on Keytruda and use radiation on the chest.
That lymph node never dissolved. All I was told that they recommend to stay on this course with Keytruda. That they will not take him off during these 2 yrs unless the Keytruda quits working or it attacks his organs.
Thank you for the questions to ask.
And also fir the website. Greatly appreciated
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I will be thinking about you, as you ask your questions and pray that some frank discussion will get you some positive answers. I have been on the difficult road you are on and it can be very frustrating. When my little brother was sick there weren’t a lot of treatment for this cancer, they just kept taking more and more surgically. He was 19, he did pass after 8 difficult years. He did take every advantage of the good days. This was 25 years ago. I am grateful that you have more options. Another question might be to ask if there are more tools in the box after keytruda, if it does stop working. When is your next appointment, where you can ask questions? How is the hiccups?