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Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 27 | Congrats on the good news on the PET, we are 8 days to go with the rads and last Cisplatin tomorrow. Our tumor has melted down substantially. Our doc lets me view it through the scope. My best wishes for you and your hubby! I hope we get good news too.
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BOT 3 cm 08/24/14
Pet Scan 09/24/14 localized
Rad started 10/07/14
Cisplatin started 10/09/14
PEG 10/28/2014
Last Rad 11/26/14
Last Chemo 11/21/14
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Carol, expect the blood lab work to be off for many months, possibly years. Recovery takes a long time. Your husbands body has been thru so much!
Congrats on the great news!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Carol, my potassium was low for 10 years. My calcium was borderline high for the same amount of time. This turned out to be the worst thing and caused more problems long term than everything I experinced. I got one of those potassium pilks stuck in my throat a couple of years ago and it burned a hole,mother are so powerful. If calcium hovers above 10, or near the top of the normal range, stay on the doctors. While it is "normal", it can't stay there for years like mine.
Maybe finding food sources for potassium would help get eating back on track. Even salmon is rich in potassium, as are sweet potatoes, eggplant, tomato juice, avocados,means, green leafy vegetables, mushrooms, bananas, to name a few. I sneak in white sweet potatoes as a substitute for potatoes in a lot of dishes. It gives a somewhat sweet slant to things and most people don't notice it's even a sweet potato. It's good for some extra beta carotene, too.
Potassium is depleted during cellular destruction and calcium is a product of that destruction.
Make sure the vegetables are washed well while WBC are low. Also, avoid yard work and being around others without a mask if possible.
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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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Just to expand on what Uptown mentioned...
Frequent hand washing, use hand sanitizer, handling money, avoiding going out in public (even the grocery store), getting the flu shot and pneumonia shots are also good ideas (check with your doc about shots).
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | |
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