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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 493 | At my cancer center they played CDs during radiation, and after I got sick of their selection, I askec if I could bring my own, and that was fine. I got so I counted the number of songs they played, and when I got to eight, I knew that it was almost finished.
Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.
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Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 25 | Hello there. I went through this starting last April and I wrote a blog about my experience. It wasn't pretty but it's an honest blog. I'm doing well now a year later so no matter how miserable my experience I DID recover.
Diagnosed in March 2011. Treatment ended May 28, 2011. Back of tongue cancer with one lymph node(stage 4). Feeding tube 5 - 2011, to 9 - 2011. Some saliva and taste. Eating most foods; meat, fish and dry foods not so well. Swallowing pretty normal otherwise. Doing well now. The future? Who knows.
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