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#29278 08-13-2007 02:36 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 155 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 155 | Hi
Been lurking for ages and now we are back. Unfortunately with a pressing question.
Bob on his three year annual visit last week went for a chest x-ray ordered by his ENT. A baseline X-Ray was taken two years ago one year after treatment.
His ENT says there is something on the X-Ray that was not on the baseline. He is ordering a CT next week. He suggested it could just be a vessel? and not to worry yet? I searched and saw several people have had an inflamation that showed up as a something. Did they have a cold or symptoms before hand? Bob hasn't. I am thinking if it was scar tissue or something from the radiation it would have showed up on the one year baseline. He has not had pneumonia or anything major respitory that we can we think of since. His last PET was last year this time ordered by his Rads Doc and it was negative. Just like everybody else I know it is not C until it is C but it is hard to wait and wonder. Trying to be positive but?.
Thanks Denise
Caregiver Husband Bob SCC tongue t2nomo Partial Glosectomy/neck disection 6/04 rad ending 9/23/04
Osteoradio-necrosis of the Mandible (ONJ) DX 6/09 Surgery 7/2/09 mandible resection/ several teeth extracted/ neck dissection NO FLAP and aggressive antibiotic therapy.
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#29279 08-13-2007 07:39 PM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | Deep breath Denise,
From what i have seen over the last few months it is not uncommon to have these vague shadows and dubious areas after treatment check out some other posts cos for the most part they seem to amount to nothing.
Fingers crossed
liz
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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#29280 08-14-2007 07:26 AM | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 45 | Denise,
It's best they err on the side of caution rather than just pass it off as no big deal.
Keep positive.
All the best
Michelle
Undifferentiated Nasopharyngeal Ca. T3N1M0 stage: IIb. diagnosed: June 2006. 6cycles of high dose chemo (Cisplatin & 5FU). 6 & half weeks (33sessions) radical R/T
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#29281 08-17-2007 05:07 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 155 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | OP Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 155 | YAY for the ENT doc who scheduled the CT for Monday...we go on vacation next week with an elephant in the room but an elephant we can expect an answer from sooner than later...please keep positive thoughts...
Thanks Denise
Caregiver Husband Bob SCC tongue t2nomo Partial Glosectomy/neck disection 6/04 rad ending 9/23/04
Osteoradio-necrosis of the Mandible (ONJ) DX 6/09 Surgery 7/2/09 mandible resection/ several teeth extracted/ neck dissection NO FLAP and aggressive antibiotic therapy.
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#29282 08-25-2007 07:04 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 155 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | OP Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 155 | The elephant has left the room! Bob had a perfect CT...no masses no hazes no nothing that the ENT could see. YAY. Now I guess I'll have to worry about him gettin hit by a bus  thanks for the support we needed it...this was the only place I could be honest. Peace Denise
Caregiver Husband Bob SCC tongue t2nomo Partial Glosectomy/neck disection 6/04 rad ending 9/23/04
Osteoradio-necrosis of the Mandible (ONJ) DX 6/09 Surgery 7/2/09 mandible resection/ several teeth extracted/ neck dissection NO FLAP and aggressive antibiotic therapy.
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#29283 08-26-2007 03:27 AM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 114 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 114 | Great news Denise!! It's always so cool to see others get good news. A collective sigh of relief!!
Glad to hear it...
Steve J
Age 41 - Stage 2 SCC tongue Dx 2/06. Cisplatin x3, IMRT x35. Mets to neck node discovered 7/07. RND 40 nodes removed, margins not clear. Cisplatin, Taxotere, 5-FU Fall 07, then IMXT/Erbitux for 7 wks. Inoperable mets to both lungs and pleura Dx Oct'08. 4 cycles Carboplatin, Erbitux, 5-FU so far.
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#29284 08-26-2007 07:06 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | Hurray!!! What a great post, I'm glad you are no longer living with an elephant in the room. (Those elephants take up WAY too much space.)
What wonderful news that your husband is doing well!!
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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#29285 08-26-2007 09:04 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 510 | Denise & Bob: So glad to hear the great news! Hope you had a marvelous vacation. Stop by to say hello from time to time; we'd all love to hear from you!
Lois & Buzz in NC
CG to 77 y/o hubby;SCC Alveolar Ridge; Wake Forest Baptist Hosp surgery: 07/19/07; bi mod radical resection/jaw replacement;
T2 N2-B M0 Stage IV-A
28 IMRT +
6 Paclitaxel/Carboplatin
Getting stronger every day!
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