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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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