#66173 11-23-2007 04:06 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 | does any one know anything about larnyx cancer . they think they got it all with radition and chemo please help no met had i think t1a right vocal cord
Lolita - Stage 1, no node involvement, no distant mets. 6 weeks of radiation plus 6 chemo treatments, one each week.
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#66174 11-26-2007 06:37 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 | My husband had stage 4 cancer of the larnyx. He is cancer free today. You can see from my signature, he was diagnosed in 2/05. Hope this helps. Linda
Husband diagnosed 2/9/05 SCC Larynx (piriform sinus)Stage IV,T4,N1,MO cisplatin/5FU 3/21-3/25 & 4/11-4/15, began 39 rad 4/21/05 last rad 6/17/05, mrnd 10/7/05
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#66175 11-28-2007 03:36 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 | thanks for the help im new to this mine was in the right vocal cord.go back to chemo dr the 6th of dec .one thing icant seem to do is stop smoking it helps to have someone to talk to i m about to go crazy. you wonder if it is lurking somewhere else thank you so much
Lolita - Stage 1, no node involvement, no distant mets. 6 weeks of radiation plus 6 chemo treatments, one each week.
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#66176 11-28-2007 04:03 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 | Lolita I am so torn between wanting to reassure you and wanting to give you hell for still smoking... you are giving yourself every chance to HAVE a re-occurence. I really hope everything is OK at your next Drs appointment, you must let your Doc know you are still smoking maybe he can give you something to help quit.
Please stop Lolita you have chance at life now don`t waste it. Marica
Caregiver to husband (Pete) Stage IV Base of Tongue. Dx 04 2003 Chemo/Radiation no surgery.. doing great!
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#66177 11-28-2007 04:17 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 | thanks marcia for posting back i know i have to stop it is just so hard i want my life back i missed so much i m glad for your husband did he ever smoke
Lolita - Stage 1, no node involvement, no distant mets. 6 weeks of radiation plus 6 chemo treatments, one each week.
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#66178 11-28-2007 04:33 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 163 | Lolita I have e mailed you... yes he and I both smoked but stopped 15 years ago and I know ..it`s hard. One of my happiest days was when my only child, my daughter, stopped. Seeing what her Dad went through was a BIG incentive.
But you have the best reason in the world to quit...living. Take Care Marica
Caregiver to husband (Pete) Stage IV Base of Tongue. Dx 04 2003 Chemo/Radiation no surgery.. doing great!
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#66179 11-28-2007 04:41 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | Lolita: My middle son and his wife recently were successful in quitting using the new drug "Chantix" (I'm unsure of the exact spelling.) Coming from someone who knows EXACTLY what you're going through...GOOD LUCK!
Lois in NC
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement; T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A 28 IMRT + 6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Getting stronger every day!
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#66180 11-29-2007 05:39 AM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: May 2005 Posts: 31 | Yes, my husband smoked. He quit mid-treatment. Thank goodness. I know it was hard, but if he did so can you. His attitude always was, I like to smoke so I will no matter what the docs say. Good Luck. Linda
Husband diagnosed 2/9/05 SCC Larynx (piriform sinus)Stage IV,T4,N1,MO cisplatin/5FU 3/21-3/25 & 4/11-4/15, began 39 rad 4/21/05 last rad 6/17/05, mrnd 10/7/05
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#66181 11-29-2007 08:16 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | Lolita, If you want motivation, read 'Rich's plea' in today's active topics! From another point of view--I've been told that stopping at this point would be like 'shutting the stable-door after the horse has bolted' and it's a habit which helps me cope with my prognosis. I know, of course, that I shouldn't and what it does, and my son hates me for it, and I feel such a stupid leper, but I do it. Cancer is hard enough to beat--being beaten up about smoking doesn't help
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4 6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine therapy September 07 Now dying to live!
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#66182 11-30-2007 07:59 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Lolita,
Well, I thought that I could get away with smoking just one cigarrette a day but as you can see from my signature, that I couldn't. It took making me a total larryngectomee to get me to quit altogether. Trust me. You don't want to go that route.
I quit for 6 months after the first cancer, but hubby still smoked so temptation still in house. I went cold turkey both times and really didn't miss it after two weeks although I can't say I was the most pleasant person. Throw them out, and take a walk around the block when urge hits you. If I quit, anyone can. Good luck.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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