does any one know anything about larnyx cancer . they think they got it all with radition and chemo please help no met had i think t1a right vocal cord

My husband had stage 4 cancer of the larnyx. He is cancer free today. You can see from my signature, he was diagnosed in 2/05. Hope this helps. Linda

thanks for the help im new to this mine was in the right vocal cord.go back to chemo dr the 6th of dec .one thing icant seem to do is stop smoking it helps to have someone to talk to i m about to go crazy. you wonder if it is lurking somewhere else thank you so much

Lolita
I am so torn between wanting to reassure you and wanting to give you hell for still smoking... you are giving yourself every chance to HAVE a re-occurence.
I really hope everything is OK at your next Drs appointment, you must let your Doc know you are still smoking maybe he can give you something to help quit.

Please stop Lolita you have chance at life now don`t waste it.
Marica

thanks marcia for posting back i know i have to stop it is just so hard i want my life back i missed so much i m glad for your husband did he ever smoke

Lolita I have e mailed you... yes he and I both smoked but stopped 15 years ago and I know ..it`s hard.
One of my happiest days was when my only child, my daughter, stopped. Seeing what her Dad went through was a BIG incentive.

But you have the best reason in the world to quit...living.
Take Care
Marica

Lolita: My middle son and his wife recently were successful in quitting using the new drug "Chantix" (I'm unsure of the exact spelling.) Coming from someone who knows EXACTLY what you're going through...GOOD LUCK!

Lois in NC

Yes, my husband smoked. He quit mid-treatment. Thank goodness. I know it was hard, but if he did so can you. His attitude always was, I like to smoke so I will no matter what the docs say. Good Luck.
Linda

Lolita,
If you want motivation, read 'Rich's plea' in today's active topics!

From another point of view--I've been told that stopping at this point would be like 'shutting the stable-door after the horse has bolted' and it's a habit which helps me cope with my prognosis.
I know, of course, that I shouldn't and what it does, and my son hates me for it, and I feel such a stupid leper, but I do it.

Cancer is hard enough to beat--being beaten up about smoking doesn't help

Lolita,

Well, I thought that I could get away with smoking just one cigarrette a day but as you can see from my signature, that I couldn't. It took making me a total larryngectomee to get me to quit altogether. Trust me. You don't want to go that route.

I quit for 6 months after the first cancer, but hubby still smoked so temptation still in house. I went cold turkey both times and really didn't miss it after two weeks although I can't say I was the most pleasant person. Throw them out, and take a walk around the block when urge hits you. If I quit, anyone can. Good luck.

Take care,
Eileen

Lolita,

I had my treatment for larynx cancer in 2005 (radiation only, at MSKCC in NY) and so far have had good checkups. It was helpful to me to know what others had gone through and what to expect, so I wrote up my story in a journal at http://freds_journey.home.att.net if you are interested.

Good luck with your ongoing checkups - the anxiety level always goes up right before and a good outcome brings satisfying relief - part of life for us now I guess.

I was a smoker for 30 years, but quit 10 years before the cancer showed up. I also had a scotch or two every day and was advised to stop that now too - since alchohol really irritates my throat now, it is not so hard.

Take care,
Fred

Here I sit with a cigarette in hand. It seems to relax me, but at the same time, I can't stand the smell of the smoke. What a dummy huh? I know I have to quit seeing as how I go the 26th Of Dec for a scope and biopsies. It's in my throat now and it's time I wake up to the real joys of life. Lolita, I can feel fot you and hope by now things are a little better for you. I did make 4 months before a reoccurence. I wonder if I had stopped the smokes , how much time it would have taken for the 2nd go round.

thanks jim i really need someone one to talk to.wish we both knew how long it will take .mine was a stage1 t1a no nodes no mets. im so scared. i also have m.s. now have bronchitis.the least little pain scares me say my lungs look good so far go back to ent the14th of jan.do you have spasms in your throat it was on my right vocal cord . how about ear aches
wish icould keep this all sraight
wish you the best my pet is in march
ifinished 7 weeks of rad. and weekly chemo in aug
please take care
nice to hear from any one

DEAR JIM do you ever have problems when you first wake up like something is in your throat.i dont know how to describe it is like im snoring i had stage1 t1a vright vocal cord go back to ent the 14 of jan.evrything else has been good so far i also have ear aches that scares me that is how this all started
so confused

Lolita,

Your posts are very hard to read. It would help us all if you would use capitals at each sentence start and periods at the end. I know that some chat rooms use the format you do, but I can assure you that your posts will be more readily responded to if we can understand them easily.

Don't mean to be well....mean...just want you to get the best response from everyone. Deb

sorry my thoughts are going faster than my typing.will try again thank you.

Lolita, yes i have the spasms and the terible earache in the right ear this time. I know where you are coming from and have respect for what you say here. Now they say the tongue cancer is back and this time just Rads & Chemo. This has me worried as I lost the abilty to vomit when they wrapped 1/3 of my stomache around my esophagus to stop the reflux that I had continually. I had a virus and it made me know I was still alive when I tried to vomit. LOL My throat at times feels like an elephant fell asleep on it. I guess it's part of what we are all going thru. I wish you well and the best of luck..

Jim,

Bill had weekly Cisplatin/Taxol chemo and had almost no nausea. The new drugs given before and after the actual chemo drugs are so good now...really hold down the "ickkies." So, I think you may be OK. Each session, Bill was given 10 bags of IV "stuff" and other than a bad case of hiccups, sailed thru the chemo. They anti-nausea drugs did make him sleepy but that is a good thing when you spend 5-6 hours in a treatment room. Hopefully, you will do as well and not experience too many side affects from your treatments. Deb

My husband is a three year survivor of cancer of the larynx. He is totally dependent on the PEG tube. Does anyone have advice about what to be done? All docs say that an operation is not possible. There is not total stricture..but almost. It is a quality of life issue. Help.