 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Another complication that is often overlooked is the bleeding in the mouth and the entire digestive tract. Any traces of blood from mouth sores, etc., that hit the stomach will cause a lot of nausea. It is the body's defense mechanism that clues us something is wrong. In addition, not spitting out the thick mucous that is full of bacteria and sloughing off epithelial cells cusses it to naturally run into the stomach and it can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea since the whole digestive system is already overloaded processing everything from treatment.
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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