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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I live in Gulfport as in Florida so I bet we have passed each other on the trail as I'm a morning person as well.
Who's your team at Moffitt?
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Moffit veterans here as well.
Gulfcoast....please add your location to your profile..helps us see your situation better.
Thanks and much encouragement as you plow thru this treatment.
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 67 Likes: 1 | Updated my profile so all should be good now.
At Moffitt,
Dr Caudell radiation
Dr Padhya ENT
Dr Russell oncology
Getting hydrated today and tomorrow. I've been eating as much as I can the last week or so. Put on a pound or two. Lots of ice cream on Doctors orders.
The nausea meds seem to be working for the most part. Occasionally a little mild sea sickness feeling. Feeling about 90%. Quit drinking coffee to stay hydrated this week so that's 5%.
John
Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45
Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes
Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013
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Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 214 Likes: 1 | Watch out for constipation. Cisplatin and the cocktail that comes with it can really damn things up if you know what I mean. Also write down the day, time, and the drug you took. It may become very difficult to remember what you took and when. I kept a log at the drug counter in the kitchen.
Hockey Dad
43, No smoke, Small BOT HPV+16
8/30/12 Biopsy found SCC in Lymph node (removed)
9/19 DX 4a T1N2aM0
10/1 TX 2x Cisplatin 35 IMRT 70 gry (Done 11/15)
PEG tube in 11/7. Out 1/4, Back at work 2/4/13
PET 2/13 Clear, 10/16 all Scopes Clear, 4/14 Chest X-ray Clear, 5/14 Abdominal ultrasound Clear, 8 yrs clean!!!
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Only have experience with Padhya. Next time you see Tapan tell David says Hi. Has he lost any weight?
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 67 Likes: 1 | Dr Padhya is a big man. I'll tell him you said hello.
Not feeling so great today. Took the anti nausea meds and a little better. Hiccups, dry mouth and swollen face. Checking in with the doc shortly.
Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45
Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes
Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013
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