#55946 12-20-2004 05:32 AM | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 218 Gold Member (200+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 218 | Hi All,
I too have had hoarsness over the course of the last month or so. I had a neck CT 2 weeks ago. Nothing thank god. Even had a sinus expert take a look at the CT's. Nothing.
Now, I know I have something. Still some yellow phlem, plugged ear(s), etc. I have even completed two courses of Antibiotics. Nothing. Still very hoarse, plugged ear, yellow phlem. Is it possible to be sick this long? I honestly was never sick before contracting this damn illness. Is it possible to resist two full courses of antibotics? I am starting to royally freak out here.
SCC 1.6cm Right Tonsil 10/3/03, 1 Node 3cm, T1N2AM0, Tonsil Removed, Selective Neck Disection, 4 Wks Induction Chemo (Taxol,Cisplatin), 8 Weeks Chemo/Radiation (5FU,Hydroxyurea,Iressa), IMRT x 40, Treatment Complete 2/13/04.
41 Years Old At Diagnosis
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#55947 12-20-2004 06:29 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | The treatment does a number on the immune system for quite some time. I am almost 2 years Tx and still have a low WBC. I seem to get infections easier now. I just battled a cold that mimiced a lot of your symptoms and colds don't respond to antibiotics. It too manifested for several weeks and an MRI I had during the time showed up nothing. It is the time of year for this sort of thing, plus the cold dry air.
Even post cancer treatment folks get colds!
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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#55948 12-20-2004 10:11 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 | Gary brings up good points about your immune system and WBC. My WBC just got into normal but still low and I just got over a dussy of a sinus infection that I never remember having so bad. I was a little freeked about if it was something else in the sinuses when I had it. Mine was curred after two different types of antibiotics. Some times you need different ones to do it. Also the yellow stuff is a good sign that it appears to be infected not something else. Keep on telling your regular doctor and time or other antibiotics should do it.
SCC R-Tonsil T2 NO MO Dec 2003. Completed IMRT Radiation only to tonsils(72Gy) and neck(55Gy)March 04. Detected at age 50.
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#55949 12-20-2004 03:37 PM | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 104 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 104 | Robr,
I too felt that I was sick alot(colds, sinuses, etc) for the first 2+ years. Over the next year it stabilized to just catching what the general population was getting. Now it seems that if I do feel that I am coming down with something it is almost like it almost hits me and then it goes away (and very infrequently
too.) ...........KNOCKING ON WOOD..........
Peace
Jack
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Dx 1/15/97 SCC rt. tonsil met to rt lymph node Stg IV,
Srgry 1/23/97 tonsillectomy & mod radical neck dissection,
Radiation 35 trtmnts both sides | | |
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