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Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 45 | Will, I have not taken any pain meds.I probably should have but as long as I could muster getting food down I felt I could get through it Besides I still have to try to work through all this. I am really concerned about my voice quality.People flat out can not hear me and the phone is even worse. Hopefully my vocal cords will heal and I will have some voice strength. Regards steve Hurlock
SCC of larynx,2/1/2011 surgery 16 times to remove papilloma on vocal cords,started TOMO rad treatment 4/11.2011 T2N0M0 possible invasion onto cartilage tissue Cancer back 6/2012. Polyp removed Came back spindle cell carcenoma 6/22/12
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Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 131 Likes: 5 | FYI..every time my voice got "shabby" the thing that helped me the most was not using it. It sucks that you have to work through this but if you don't rest that voice, it might get bad. Please talk to your Dr's. See what can be done about work. Use the weekends (or any other time you can ) to not use your voice at all. Let me know. Will.
Lump in left side neck discovered Sept 2009
Misdiagnosed & FNA inconclusive
Large lymph node removed Nov. 2010 SCC and HPV16 pos
PET pointed tonsilectomy Feb. 2011
1ml tumor left side tonsil
Rads scheduled March 14th 2011. 2X36 GY's (72)
CarboTaxol once a week X 4 or 5 starting 4/5/11
No PEG
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Steve, I'm sorry to read about your continued vocal problems. I know this seems obvious... but are you able to whisper at a loud enough volume to be understood? I was on a whisper-only diet, so to speak, for about 2-3 months. I found if I "spoke" slowly and enunciated every word as clearly as I could that people could understand me, even on the phone.
Hang in there!
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 12 | Hurlock, I had regular Rad 7wks. and I lost my voice for about 4 weeks. It will come back. Hang in there and do stay on the soft food for a while.
Good luck to you.
Jeananne
I started in 1997 with a swollen glad in my neck. It was stage 2 tonsil cancer. Had radiation and a week hosp. stay. 2 mo. tube in throat. Lost 40 lbs. c. free until 2005. Tongue had surgery. Did good. 2007, another tongue, surgery. Am cancer free now. Went to OHSU. they are wonderful.
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