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Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 36 Likes: 4 | Hello and thank you for sharing your experiences. Today I was diagnosed with bulky calcified atheroma in the carotid arteries on both my right and left sides. The docs are presuming it is because of the Radiation Fibrosis and Cachexia.
Sorry there isn’t much else I can say now, I’m still trying to process this diagnosis.
Age 60
DX SCC T3N1M0 R BOT 10/04 135lbs
TX Hemi-Gloss 11/04
MET Neck 12/04
TX 01/05 G-Tube,PortCath,6wks chem+6wks chem& IMRT,Max dose
06/05 RND,42 nodes 1 bad,All clear 120lbs
DX femoral hernia 09/09,repair 10/09 94lbs
HBO 11-12/10
11/10 All teeth out,05/11 dentures
DX hypothyroid,04/13
DX inguinal hernia,repair,04/15 127lbs
DX cachexia (CACS),03/16 98lbs
DX EPI, TX PERT,10/18 115lbs
DX RFS,11/18
DX iron deficiency anemia,02/19 118lbs
TX infusions,04-06/19 115lbs
DX calcified atheroma carotid
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