#87440 01-07-2009 06:33 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OP  Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | or at least that's what one Study in Japan concluded. See below: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/hl_nm/us_coffee_cancersI am drinking my Cafe con Leche as I write and I'm feeling pretty healthy.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 716 | Well--it didn't help me none...maybe I drank too much coffee...
7-16-08 age 37@Dx, T3N0M0 SCC 4.778cm tumor, left side of oral tongue, non smoker, casual drinker, I am the 4th in my family to have H&N cancer
8-13-08 left neck dissection and 40% of tongue removed, submandibular salivary gland & 14 nodes clean, no chemo, IMRTx35
11-4-08 Recovering & feeling better
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I'm with you Ray. On my 7th or 8th cup as I type. It sure didn't help me > LOL
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Wow FINALLY something good to be said about my caffine addiction lol...I was beginning to think life was all about health and not about good taste!!! That I was destined to give up everything that I had grown accustom to. Yippee and thank god for those scientists...I can drink it with a clear conscience...not that I really ever stopped drinking it...It also can help with asthma...but only black from what I have read but then again...
Thanks for the info my comfort drink is back and I drink it with less guilt than before...uh oh before I jump the gun it is probably decafinated coffee cause the caffine is still the bad stuff ....I guess back to the old drawing board lol.... Nah still gonna drink it...CHEERS
Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY
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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 489 | Well I used to drink at least 3 pots a day and usually more. It did not help me either. Maybe there is a limit on how many pots.
Patty
48
SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | I could fix the mistake but it's kinda fun....
I too was not helped as I have been drinking coffee since my grandfather served me my first cup at about age 6. Now it's at least a pot per day.
I seem to recall an article suggesting that people whom drink very hot beverages have an increased rate of OC.
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: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | So I never drink coffee and for that matter, I never drink hot drinks at all.
I don't know what that proves, but I felt I had to add my 2 cents.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | Sheldon is on top of this stuff. I actually sent him this Reuters rticle a couple days ago to put up. It's on the OCF news feed feed://feeds.feedburner.com/oralcancernewshttp://oralcancernews.org/wp/2009/01/coffee-may-protect-against-oral-cancers/With four people reading everything we can get out hands on from hundreds of sources, if it is interesting, important, or even a human interest story about OC - we a very likely to catch it, and put it on the feed. When it is from a science journal we will post the synopsis that cuts to the chase most of the time, but also give you the source if you are the kind that wants to digest every detail. Human interest stories etc. we post the whole story and its source.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | Had my teeth cleaned today, once again they talked to me about stains from coffee.
I like coffee, a lot, so it was cool to read this. I just had an Irish Cream Latte
tim
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | I can't live without my iced Vente coffee with soy from Starbucks each morning.... With the hours that I keep, combined with sleep apnea that cannot be controlled, I am a zombie without it. Getting my teeth cleaned every 60 days, the prophy keeps the stains at bay, and now I can rationalize what I spend at that Seattle mother of all indulgences. When I am in town and not traveling for OCF, by the time I get to the counter of my regular, daily stop, caffeine dealer - to pay with my custom, registered, Starbucks card (unbelievable) the baristas already have it made and waiting for me at the register..... This is an addiction in the truest sense of the word.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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