 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Kimberly,
Welcome to OCF, albeit under stressful circumstances. The next step would logically be the biopsy and until that is done, there is not a lot of options. If the news should be less than favorable, there is some time to learn more and this site would be a great resource to begin with. Don't panic yet and start digging into too much that gets the mind working overtime. Keep your friend busy with other things to keep the mind from worrying. I am hoping the news is not as bad as it seems right now but regardless, you will have an answer within the next few days.
Best wishes for good news!
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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