General Cancer

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Another 4 weeks of waiting
We finally have a date for surgery, Jan 28th. Another 4 weeks away, this waiting isn't working well with me. I can feel the changes in this thing in my throat and can't stand the thought of it getting bigger before it gets gone. My oncologist assures me that a couple more weeks isn't going to make any difference. The 28th…
"Hey, that's good to know, do you do kid's birthday partys too"?
What I asked the radiation oncologist today after he got done telling me about the possible carotid artery getting too thin and possibly blowing in two from radiation on my neck for the third time in a lifetime causing me to bleed out. Also, he said the other side effects might be loss of all swallowing and possible…
some side effects are starting to pile up on me.
The sores in my mouth and some burning on my chest from radiation, and the constant heartburn I guess is from the radiation too. What would you say has been the worst of the side effects from treatments?
In case you haven't seen a post like this one below, and hopefully haven't fell for it, please don't
This was posted on a Facebook Group by a troll: "I Am Graham lost my wife to cancer two years back Am here to offer emotional or maybe financial support to cancer victims And maybe also make new friends" It's hard to believe, but there are several people answering this troll and offering to talk and "be his friend". Those…
Does the new year inspire you to get a better attitude about fighting your cancer?
It's easy to let this crap beat you down to the point that you want to give in, but the new year came just in time. I find I have a new resolve to dig in and get my attitude pumped up to ride this thing out to the end of treatments. I hope all of you get a boost too. It's a good time to make a pact with yourself that you…
breathing stoma
I have stage 3 laryngeal cancer left vocal cord and left false cord; I have had 10 radiation out of 35 and 2 chemo out of 7My Dr scoped me today and is worried about swelling around my wind pipe and is thinking about a possible temp stoma has anyone needed this

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