 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I know how you feel Ed. I had pulmonary disease and spinal degeneration show up on my last chest x-ray. - Just typical aging stuff. Oh yeah, they also discovered I have hep C. Now that we're in the medical system, we're finding out more then we want to know...
The good news is the bone scan was negative! My understanding is that if a bone is positive they call the hospice folks. Once the cancer invades the spinal cord it's like on the freeway.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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