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EzJim #111625 02-04-2010 06:40 AM
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Thanks Charm, now she's gonna get that!

Re the dry mouth, don't wish for something you don't want. Believe me again it will come and very soon now.


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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David & Angelia

Oh, if only the premise behind "The Secret" and your last posts were true. Then we could just attract the universal energy and cure the cancer without all the messy radiation & chemo. Still just like monitoring your radiation TX is a good idea, getting vetted for swallowing is good also. The MBS is painless and the only way to truly tell where something goes.
Once again though I am struck by David's masterful way of gently chiding while still making me smile. Awesome talent
Charm


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

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No, I am not gonna get that. That is one thing I do not want and will not get. smile


Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
EzJim #112022 02-09-2010 07:20 AM
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I have no been on in awhile, been a rough few days. I have another qustions about swallowing. I have noticed that when I swallow not all of the water goes down, some of it goes up. Is that common? Or is that one of those rare things that I just happen to get, because we all know that I am a rare breed and will get anything that could happen. smile


Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
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Posts: 3,082
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Angelia

Relax, its perfectly normal.
Charm


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13
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Angelia, I've had just about every variation of swallow problems imaginable, so I feel your discomfort! First, my speech therapist told me early on that you often don't know exactly when things are making their way down your throat. In my case I often felt that stuff was getting stuck down there. She said that the throat often feels a kind of phantom sensation of material even after it's gone down all the way. (you didn't specifically mention this but thought I'd bring it up anyway)

I too experienced the down/up thing and I know how disconcerting - even frightening - it can be. As others have said, you will get past this... however that being said, if you're really having a lot of trouble you might think about getting a video esophagram (I had one) to determine exactly what and where the problem lies. Like you I often had the feeling I was sending things down the wrong pipe and in fact I might well have been - small bits of water only - based on what the esophagram showed.

Next: in my case (and I'm hoping this is rare) I had a web growing across my esophagus - twice - which along with the radiation damage (temporary) to my swallowing mechanism made it impossible for me to swallow anything other than liquid for awhile. I had two endoscopies to remove the webs and thankfully they don't seem to be growing back.

Third is the possibility of esophageal narrowing, something I believe many of us suffer from. That's something a GI doc can assess through endoscopy, maybe you've already been checked out. In many cases (mine included) a series of dilations is necessary to stretch the esophagus back to normal. Thank god for propophol.

To repeat myself, but it bears repeating, you will overcome these things. As David El Primero said earlier, the dry mouth is more or less inevitable, alas. Oh well.

Courage!
David El Segundo


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SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 14 years all clear in 6/23 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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