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 Joined:  Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 |  I used the tongue depressors and fingers since insurance wouldn't pay for the Therabite back in those days.   Sometimes the TSH doesn't tell the story either. Watch for consistently high calcium too for several reasons including parathyroid issues that may not even be cancerous.    SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
 Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days  radiation
 Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
 Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
 Cervical Spinal Stenosis  01/11
 Cervical Myelitis 09/12
 Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
 Dysautonomia 11/12
 Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
 COPD 01/14
 Intermittent CHF 6/15
 Feeding tube NPO 03/16
 VFI 12/2016
 ORN 12/2017
 Cardiac Event 06/2018
 Bilateral VFI 01/2021
 Thoracotomy Bilobectomy  01/2022
 Bilateral VFI 05/2022
 Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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