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Saying hello and a question or two or three
Hi everybody. So I’m one day out from getting the dreaded phone call from the doctor wanting to discuss my CT scan. The highlights: 1)...
Post Treatment Questions: low RBC and dealing with throat pain
Hi everyone,My husband completed 7 weeks of Cisplatin and radiation on April 5th. As expected the first several weeks after were the worst but he...
Just diagnosed with Squamous Cell Tonsil cancer without a biopsy
My husband had a sore throat for several months. He finally saw his internist who noticed a spot on his tonsil. He was referred to...
What’s left after "cured" of nasopharyngeal cancer?
I was “cured” from my stage 4 non-small cell Nasopharyngeal carcinoma after 8 months of living hell treatments in 2012. After the forth dose of...
Welcome Our World as Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Take a peek into the mind and world of a head and neck cancer patient: There is no words to describe how one feels when...
Bone infection leading to trapezius flap surgery
Twice radiated salivary duct cancer. Developed infection in cheek. Deepened to expose mandible. Just had trapezius flap surgery to take tissue from back to cheek....
Esophageal widening seems to help with speech impediment
Okay I tried to post a longer message but the Internet ate it, so I will make this brief: I had an esophageal widening procedure...
HPV and Chemical Exposure
My husband just finished 35 radiations and 7 chemo's. He is a firefighter and we are wondering if the exposure to all kinds of chemicals/arsenics...
Depression and anxiety, and Head & Neck Cancer
Hello, everyone.Recently I attended a talk by a health psychologist who sympathised greatly with the stress suffered by head and neck cancer patients. She gave...
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