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#61141 06-22-2007 01:22 PM | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 131 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 131 | Hi. 3 weeks post and my husband is still in pain and is spitting mucous. Any suggestions as to when the pain will ease up. Thanks Carol Ann.
Carol CG to Husband age 60 Stage IV SCC right tonsil T4AN2B tx rad x 35 chemo x 2 Currently after treatment no sign of cancer in throat. (all clear to date)
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#61142 06-22-2007 01:57 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 179 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 179 | My husband is going on 8wks post Rads and still has the darn mucous. He is so frustrated by it. I pray every day it wil start to subside. I guess everyone is different. It seems to last and last! He says he is stilll achy and has no energy. His last chemo was 6/11 Amen! I told him his body has gone through hell and is in shock.Onee day at a time! I feel for you both. LJ
CG to husband 53,39 rads. 3 rds cisplastin ended 6/2/07 Tonsils removed 1.10.07 11 of 20 nodes positive- lump removed on rt. side of neck 1/26/07 cancer of nasal pharnyx TXN2MX 2nd rd. of chemo- carbo/taxol on 6/11/07
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#61143 06-22-2007 02:15 PM | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 525 | Mommapez
I can not elaborate on this as I will start TX next week.
But the one glaring aspect that jumps out at me is why is he still in PAIN?
There are pain meds out there that are 100 times stronger than morphine......
I am clueless on this one.....
DX 3-21-07 L tongue,SCC Stage IV (T3N2MO) TX Slash/Burn/Poison Method.
***Rapid Aggressive Recurrence 8-4-07 with same DX/TX. Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Never Give Up! ****UPDATE**** Our dear friend Petey passed away, RIP 9-2-07
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#61144 06-22-2007 03:24 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 | The thick mucous is extremely annoying but it will subside. Keep wiping it out with a kleenex and get plenty of fluids.
dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.
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#61145 06-22-2007 03:35 PM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | I had bad mouth pain, the kind that was only dulled by prescription pain meds, for a few months after radiation ended. In fact, I still have a very sensitive mouth 2 years later and may always have it this way according to my ENT (but don't worry-most people are fine 2 years out)
And I also had lots of mucous also for months. In my case, though, I think the mucous seemed worse because I wasn't swallowing most of it--which was actually the first clue that I had a more serious swallowing problem overlooked by everyone at first. So I would recommend if there still seems to be a lot of mucous a couple of months out, and you haven't had a swallowing test, that you get one.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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