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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 212 | chris, the scars are HOT!
the neck will be fine. My skin was REALLY burned, open sores, yuk ect bur came back very nicly, all new skin, soft as a baby's ass!
70 male, athlete...again
SSC of undetermined orgin , early july 09
40 tx radiation, 8 chemo cisplatin and ebuterx
finished TX in mid Sept 09
Clear at the 6 year mark!
Back to swimming, biking and running! just a tad slower
never regained my weight, even when I eat lots and lots, just a skinny guy now
Just way glad to be seeing the green side up!
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Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 15 | Just got back from the post-op visit. The doc says it's healing nicely. He also said that because the surgery is for future use and my muscles are young and healthy, the more trauma and resulting pain to my otherwise healthy stomach muscle tissue (also explains all the muscle spasms I had early on). Linda - I'm glad Carol is feeling better. My treatments also begin on 2/8! We can compare notes. Feel free to email me any time ( [email protected]). Chris Steve - You are too funny! -looking forward to that future baby soft skin LOL
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SCC Right Tonsil (Stage 4 T1N2bM0). Surgery to remove lump in neck on 12/10/09; SCC dx'd 12/15/09; surgery to remove tonsils and biopsy done on 12/29/09. Right tonsil found to be primary; PEG surgery 1/29/10. Will begin TX-35 rads and 3 chemo (cisplatin) on 2/8/10.
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 396 | steve---that was hilarious!!! chris--i often inject andys PEG with prune juice...seems to help. the pain meds will really stop u up. flows nicely after the juice 
Teresa
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CG to ANDY. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
T2N2cMxG4 stage 4. 43 @ dx 8/31/09
tx 9/21/09-11/06/09 cispatin/docetaxel/5-FU X3
PORT 9/9/09, PEG 12/07/09
35 IMRT-1/wk carbo 11/30/09-2/3/10
tx stopped due to complications
IMRT BOOST 3/08-3/12/10
PET 4/12/10 CLEAR!
PEG out 4/14/10
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Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 15 | Teresa,
Thanks, I actually started drinking a full glass of prune juice each night. So far, still stopped up! I ended up using a supository for relief. I am now at 1 1/2 weeks post-op and still need the pain meds, only not so often and not so high a dose. The PEG pain is do-able - now just feels like very sore stomach muscles. My neighbor is a retired RN and says it's normal for some people to take up to a month for the PEG to 'settle down' in its new home without the muscles fighting it. I started chemo/rad treatments today - so far so good - no nausea but I do have a bit of a headache. I'll be posting under a new post title re: this new experience.
Thanks again,
Chris
SCC Right Tonsil (Stage 4 T1N2bM0). Surgery to remove lump in neck on 12/10/09; SCC dx'd 12/15/09; surgery to remove tonsils and biopsy done on 12/29/09. Right tonsil found to be primary; PEG surgery 1/29/10. Will begin TX-35 rads and 3 chemo (cisplatin) on 2/8/10.
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 396 | im not sure what difference it makes--drinking vs injecting in PEG--but injecting seems to work for andy when drinking it didnt seem to. the RO mentioned that doing this put it "straight to the source".
good luck with ur treatments.
Teresa
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CG to ANDY. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
T2N2cMxG4 stage 4. 43 @ dx 8/31/09
tx 9/21/09-11/06/09 cispatin/docetaxel/5-FU X3
PORT 9/9/09, PEG 12/07/09
35 IMRT-1/wk carbo 11/30/09-2/3/10
tx stopped due to complications
IMRT BOOST 3/08-3/12/10
PET 4/12/10 CLEAR!
PEG out 4/14/10
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