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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I just love to read good news stories. It makes my face grow a smile.
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 25 | My husband has had some brief episodes of anxiety and depression through out the course of his treatment. These reactions seem pretty normal to me given the circumstances!
Some of these reactions are due to the situation but I noticed that some of the medications he was on to treat side effects of the chemo may have also contributed to his symptoms. Always discuss these types of symptoms with your Dr.
Base of tongue spread to 2 lymph nodes.stg?? Dx 5/5/09 peg
Tx started with 35 rad, 7 weeks cisplatin, 2 weeks 5-fu.
completed second course of tx with reduced dose of cisplatin &
5-fu. All clear
Post radiation swallowing difficulties 12 years later
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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | Hi Georgette,
Welcome to OCF. Is Michael still taking pain meds? If so, I'm sure that is causing him to be sleepy also. I'm happy to hear the tx is over and you are on to the healing.
Suzanne
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T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 14 | Thanks so much for all responses; seems like a lifetime ago that I wrote that entry. He's off all pain meds - doc said that the sweats were probably from withdrawal. Michael did it his way (cold turkey), not the doc's way. Now we're at the opposite end of the spectrum - he cannot sleep in the evening. Tosses, turns, etc. Melatonin used to work; trying soft music, mediation, acupuncture - all to no avail. I think it fear and worry (understandable); he said he's afraid to live and also afraid to die. His zoloft has been increased. Also having issues with hearing - ENT said it's dehydration. We see the radiation onc this Thursday. One week from today he'll have a full body scan and also a scan of the liver.
Sending prayers to all on this board.
1/23/09:R tonsil/tumor removed; spouse diagnosed SCC Stage T3N1M1; 2/6/09 PET shows lesions in liver; 3/2/09 Liver biopsy: AJCC Stage IVC; 3/5/09 Begin 3 rounds of Cisplatin Cocktail; 4/9/09 PET of liver: clean; 5/21/09:PEG; 5/26/09: radiation; 7/6/09: Complete 30 rad tx: hospitalized until 7/10/09
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