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#37745 08-18-2004 12:23 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 49 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 49 | Starting IMRT treatments shortly. Just had a right parotidectomy and now they want to radiate the entire parotid area and right neck including right tonsilar bed. Had right radical neck disection in 2002. Original dx was right tonsil SCC. I will get 7.5 weeks of radiation. Has anyone had similiar IMRT and if so what should I expect. Thank you for any of your response. I had 5 parotid lymph nodes positive for SCC. Surgery was done 7/26/04
5-02 SCC T1N1M0 Stage 3 Right Tonsil
6-02 Right Radical Neck Disection
9-03 Recurrent SCC Dx Stage 4 unknown prim
12-03 7 Chemo
12-03 36 Rad
5-04 Left Upper Lung Wedge Resection neg
7-04 Right Parotidectomy
9-04 Began IMRT
10-04 Ended IMRT
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#37746 08-18-2004 04:43 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 261 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 261 | Youv'e been through a lot! IMRT is radiation. Just more focused. Basically youv'e been there & done that, I would think. My thoughts are with you. Hope they get it all this time, huh? Erik
dx 2/11/04 scca bot T3 IU 2B MO poorly differentiated, margins ok, 3/16 modest, jaw split, over half of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - finished chemo & rad treatment 5/20/04
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#37747 08-18-2004 11:16 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 | Sorry your at it again. I had IMRT to the right tonsil and lymph nodes and chemo as well. Sounds as if you already had similar rad/chemo already. Would imagine the rad will be about the same as you already experienced. The IMRT is just more of the same. The gift that keeps on giving. I'm 6 months out and still experiencing side effects. Throat, mouth, teeth, etc. Hang in there through treatment as it does end and does get better after treatment is over.
Regards, Kirk Georgia
Stage IV, T1N2aM0, right tonsil primary, Tonsilectomy 11/03, 35 rad/3cisplatin chemo, right neck dissection 1/04 - 5/04.
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#37748 08-18-2004 01:59 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 | What a journey you've had. Hope this treatment will be successful for you - you are in my thoughts. Love from Helen
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#37749 08-18-2004 02:36 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,163 | Hi brm1949,
This is your old and new friend Danny Boy. Nice to hear from you again but I'm sorry you have to fight this battle for a second time.
I had 33 treatments of IMRT and had one side effect. About three or four weeks into it I developed a cough. The kind where you can't surpress it. My doctor prescribed a med in pill form and it cleared up in about two weeks. I had no mouth sores, no skin burns, nothing. I was wondering if they were doing it right after reading about others trials with radiation.
Wishing you nothing but the best,
Danny Boy
Daniel Bogan DX 7/16/03 Right tonsil,SCC T4NOMO. right side neck disection, IMRT Radiation x 33.
Recurrance in June 05 in right tonsil area. Now receiving palliative chemo (Erbitux) starting 3/9/06
Our good friend and loved member of the forum has passed away RIP Dannyboy 7-16-2006
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