#36342 01-29-2003 10:27 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I have hiccups so bad it's killing me. I've tried breathing into a bag, holding my breathe, etc. and they just won't stop. They gave me Demoxathone which is a corticosteroid notorious for causing hiccups. If I live through the night I'm calling the advice nurse first thing in the morning.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#36343 01-30-2003 05:50 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 | Hi Gary!
The family story is that I was born hiccupping, and I certainly do a lot of it. The ONLY cure I have found which is 100% reliable is to eat some sugar. I keep a couple of packets in my purse for this reason. Over the years I have tried every other cure suggested, and this is the only one that works. Why? I have no idea. Tried it with salt once, and that worked too, but was much harder to swallow (grin).
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#36344 01-30-2003 07:46 AM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 55 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 55 | Gary,
John never got hiccups until he began his chemo and radiation. Every time he had chemo. he would get the hiccups for a couple days. He has not had them since.
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#36345 02-08-2003 12:47 PM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 73 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 73 | I am so glad to know I'm not the only one this happened to. My hiccups are not as bad as they were a year ago but I still get them and they go on and on and on .... The docs haven't really given me any insight so I've just tried to put up with it.
ilene
SCC stage 1 1987, 1/4 of tongue removed, neck dissection, SCC stage 3 2000, another 1/4+ removed second neck dissection, radiation.
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