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Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 1 | Help! My dad had stage 4 oral cancer almost 6 years ago. He is currently cancer free but is acting very abnormal with his memory, personality, etc. Has anyone else had a loved one who suffered from a brain tumor after oral cancer? what are the signs? please help.
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Joined: May 2010 Posts: 638 | Hi 3ofakind
You are describing the beginnings of Alzheimers, Parkinsons, drug overdose, fertiliser or heavy metal poisoning, underactive thyroid, sodium imbalance, insufficient testosterone, depression, too much calcium, too little zinc and a host of other things I haven't thought of yet.
There is no way to make any sort of guess as to what this might be as there are so many possibilities and so little information. You really need to see a doctor about this and they will take a history, do blood tests and then maybe a CT scan or MRI.
Try not to jump to a cancer conclusion (although natural and understandable after what you and he have been through) and get it checked out.
Good luck
Karen Love of Life to Alex T4N2M0 SCC Tonsil, BOT, R lymph nodes Dx March 2010 51yrs. Unresectable. HPV+ve Tx Chemo x 3+1 cycles(cisplatin,docetaxel,5FU)- complete May 31 Chemoradiation (IMRTx35 + weekly cisplatin) Finish Aug 27 Return to work 2 years on 3 years out Aug 27 2013 NED  Still underweight
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 | I agree with Karen, take him to the family doctor right away. Those symptoms are not normal and he needs a doctor to find out what is causing him unusual behavior.
Best wishes!!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | | Joined: May 2011 Posts: 287 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 287 | Hi, if I am not mistaken, you dad must have had radiotherapy as part of treatment. Take him to a doctor, it could also be late side effects.
Father; 67 yrs; RIP: 2012/05/26
TX:SCC pT2N1M0G2;Glossectomy+SND+CCRT(59.3Gy+6xCis.)[2009]
TX:Nodal Mets; 3xDCF[2011/05/05]
TX: RND + PMMC Flap[2011/07/11]
DX:SCC PNI+ECE
TX:Re-RT 60Gy[2011/09/21]
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