#57460 12-05-2005 08:47 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 150 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 150 | Hey y'all! Howdy from Minne-SNOW ta. It's a balmy 7 degrees today. We are doing very well-quick ? for all you that had IMRT--my dad's voice sounds froggy at times-I am speculating that it has something to do with scar tissue on the vocal cords and oral/pharangeal dryness. We're curious if this has happened to any of you and did it resolve?
Thanks-Still no Cancer as far as we know.
How is Barry/Gail and Michael/Seth?
Later Cyber friends.
Dad Treated for T2N1M0 Tonsil Cancer August 2005. 35 IMRT radiation, 3 doses Cisplatin. Selective Modified Neck Dissection November.
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#57461 12-05-2005 09:15 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 | I sounded like a frog from 2 mos to 8 mos after treatment. It was worse in the AM and got better in the PM. It eventually went away. I was told it is from the swelling and fluid accumulation in the neck
SCC R-Tonsil T2 NO MO Dec 2003. Completed IMRT Radiation only to tonsils(72Gy) and neck(55Gy)March 04. Detected at age 50.
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#57462 12-05-2005 11:59 AM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | I joined our church choir at about that time and had a new-found bass range. Mine got better over time.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 64 | HAS ANY ONE HAD VOCAL CORD CANCER? I had 6 weeks of rad, 6 once a week chemo, all reports are good so far. I go back to ENT the 14th of Jan. My last tx was Aug so I'm 5mos out. Do people have tasts buds at the back of their tongue ? Because I think it is a knot I feel there. Just the waiting is killing me. Should the rad effect my taste buds at the front too? What should i be watching for now that I am healing... or am i just over scared?
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Lolita - Stage 1, no node involvement, no distant mets. 6 weeks of radiation plus 6 chemo treatments, one each week.
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Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 383 | You know it's funny this subject came up right now. Mine is almost the same story as John N. here, except as the weather has gotten much colder the past few weeks and I started to notice the "Wattle" or turkey neck look again from the lymphatic fluids backing up and I seem to have that "Froggy throat" to go with my "wattle" in the morning, and then both get better in the afternoon. But you know what, I'm pleased to report that I can talk, eat and breath, so the raspy, deeper voice in the morning and swollen neck is small stuff in the big picture!! The last trip to my surgeon , he said my vocal cords look great so it must be the swelling, either from muscle inactivity in the evening, or the fluids backing up again. I'm going to ask on my next visit.
SCC right side BOT/FOM; DX 1-25-06; Neck dissection/25% of tongue removed 2-17-06. Stage 2 Recurrence 7-06: IMRTX35 & 3X Cisplatin ended 10-18-06. Tumor found 03/18/13; Partial Glossectomy 03/28/13 left lateral tongue. Nov. 2014; headaches,lump on left side of throat. Radical Neck Dissection 12-17-14; Tumor into nerves/jugular; Surgery successful, IMRTX30 & 7X Erbotux. Scan 06-03-15; NED! 06-02-16; Mets to left Humerus bone and lesion on lungs-here We go again! Never, Ever Give Up!
**** PASSED AWAY 10/8/16 ****
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