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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Anemia can also be as simple as an iron deficiency which is the leading cause of Anemia (according to the all knowing and always correct WW). I had nose bleeds as a kid once and my parents made me take these HUGE UGLY HORRIBLY TASTING iron pills.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | You would have been much better off taking vitamin K for the nose bleeds, I have had them since I was 6 and still do. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002407.htmMore about anemia http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/anemia/anemia_causes.html
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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Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 20 | blood work done February, evidentally there was nothing to indicate things were different enough to check further. I guess what scares me is how fast things can change - there was a weight loss but we all thought it was from more activity from winter to summer, although the doctor wanted to know how much and if it continued
Husband has bucal mucosa tumor on right side, Stage 1, biopsied November 1, 2010 by oral surgeon/MD same day from hygienst appt. by dentist. Photodynamic Therapy clinical trial, 12/8/2010, follow up Jan. Feb. with a biopsy March, 2011. No chemo/radiation. Smoking stopped July 1974.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Gary,
They probably hadn't discovered vitamin K back when I was 7.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | One of the 'markers' in my blood when I was diagnosed with lymphoma was super low cholesterol. I think it was around 120 and was flagged in pre-op blood work for being off-the-charts low. No idea what the correlation was but the oncologists said it can be a symptom.
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Vitamin K has been used to enhance clotting for decades. I was getting it when I was 6 and I'm 7 years older than you.
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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Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 20 | That's interesting Margaret about the cholestrol marker. I assumed that is was something showing on the White count - as all was normal in February, at least no follow ups were made by our primary.
Husband has bucal mucosa tumor on right side, Stage 1, biopsied November 1, 2010 by oral surgeon/MD same day from hygienst appt. by dentist. Photodynamic Therapy clinical trial, 12/8/2010, follow up Jan. Feb. with a biopsy March, 2011. No chemo/radiation. Smoking stopped July 1974.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Yeah but I grew up in Short Pump, Va! Actually the suburbs of Short Pump.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 20 | Thanks, Gary,
I guess we have alot to learn, but thought that if the blood work was clear, all was fine. Evidentally that is not the case.
That's what happened to our beloved dog in March, he got nasal cancer, became anemic and could not get treatment without a transfusion first. Was gone in 2 weeks. It was a terrible year, as that was my husbands best buddy and spent 12 years together and now he has cancer.
We had to go back to Roswell on Tuesday as the cells are growing back over the top of my husband's back tooth and causing pain - he has a brush to abrade them 2 x's a day which he does, but they are still winning. They won't pull the tooth although it needs to come out as he had the PDT and it is all so open in there they don't want another avenue to infection - but we will see the doctor on Thursday and he may say to go ahead. Still cannot open his mouth far and is doing exercises.
How do you make a signature below the line? On our profile - I didn't see where to do it -
Husband has bucal mucosa tumor on right side, Stage 1, biopsied November 1, 2010 by oral surgeon/MD same day from hygienst appt. by dentist. Photodynamic Therapy clinical trial, 12/8/2010, follow up Jan. Feb. with a biopsy March, 2011. No chemo/radiation. Smoking stopped July 1974.
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If he has had radiation, pulling a tooth can have serious side effects, such as osteoradionecrosis. He would need to take about 30 "dives" in an HBO chamber before they can pull the tooth, especially if the tooth was in the radiation beam path.
I have lost 2 dogs to cancer as well (since I was treated) and it sucks. I am sorry to hear about your dog.
Signature: Go to "mystuff", then click on profile and scroll down to the botton of the page. The signature block is down there.
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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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