Lowanne,

Glad to hear Jack's latest news. I know the past year has been so difficult for you folks and I am so happy everything is going well now. Tell Jack hey from me and give that man a great big hug!! I hope this year is the absolute best of your lives!

You can find the staging info on this website or:
http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/head-and-neck.pdf if interested. If you follow this link, go to page 3 and look on the left side of the page for a staging link.

The liquid meds I know of are available for pain, Diflucan for thrush, Robitussin (for guafenisen) to loosen up the thick goo in the throat. Your pharmacist is probably the best source for you. You can get a mortar/pestil and grind them as fine as possible and it may help.

Good to hear from you and especially the great 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