Head and Neck cancers Support Group
Oral cancer or oral cavity cancer, a subtype of head and neck cancer, is any cancerous tissue growth located in the oral cavity. It may arise as a primary lesion originating in any of the oral tissues, by metastasis from a distant site of origin, or by extension from a neighboring anatomic structure, such as the nasal cavity or the maxillary sinus.
My husband was just diagnosed with tonsil cancer and has begun his chemo treatments. He had a port placed in his chest, and spent 4 hours recieving Taxotere and Cisplatin yesterday. A nurse then came to the house and hooked him up to a portable chemo "cassette" of 5-FU. He will keep that on 24/7 for 4 days..wait three weeks and start it all again. I was wondering if anyone knew how he would be feeling durring the three week break? This is all new and very scary to us both.
It has been non stop Docs since diagnosis and after 3 cycles of this chemo treatment he will begin chemo and radiation together. Will he be completly wiped out the whole time? He is 39 years old.His cancer is stage IV.
It has been non stop Docs since diagnosis and after 3 cycles of this chemo treatment he will begin chemo and radiation together. Will he be completly wiped out the whole time? He is 39 years old.His cancer is stage IV.
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
I had 35 days straight of radiation & besides the scarring to my throat, it is just now that my oncologyst, thru a blood test, found that it had more or less killed my thyroid function, so I will be on synthroid the rest of my life...oh, my daughter-in-law had thyroid cancer when she was 19 & now at 35, with the thyroid supplement, she too is cancer free.
Don't look at this as a death sentence, by any means.....my cancer was almost a Stage 4 cancer when I went in to my gp for a case of tonsillitus (so I thought),,,,they immediately...same day...got me into an ENT who after looking at my throat...very coldly announced that 64 year old women DON'T get tonsillitus YOU HAVE CANCER. My husband & I both were stunned & the doctor came back & took a biopsy & it came back to be squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. I was then rushed to the Thompson Cancer Center & I was taken in & it was decided that I would do Chemo first ......it would take most of a day to get all the drugs in me...then about the third week, I only had to go for treatment 3 days & then I had a pump that delivered the meds 7/24 for the next 2 days. One thing I found, if you have a problem with chemo & diarrhea...if you take Beano, the problems seem to lessen. I figured as Beano puts in the right things to keep your stomach regulated, maybe it would help with the stomach problems....even my chemo oncologyst had other patients try it & it seemed to have the same effect on them....
Even now after 23month post chemo or radiation & it was worth it all....the cancer is defeated & all my tests that OLD people are given....I'm 65 & am now able to do all the same things I did precancer.
As mnotmycancer says, everyone is different & the radiation doesn't cause too many problems until the 3rd week....she also said that it's ok to be scared. I practially vaporlocked on my first session of chemo & as they got me on the scale & took my weight, the whole thing hit...I DO HAVE CANCER....OMG what will this chemo do & broke down in tears. The caring nurses & doctor talked to me & said it was perfectly ok for me to cry...it is scary.
If you do what the doctors want, as they seem to be a special breed of caring medical help; the upbeat positive thinking about beating the cancer is sometimes more important than the medicines....both my psychiatrist & radiational oncologist have said this. Thru having no hair to the other things only a cancer patient can understand.....I used humor. Everyone was commenting on how good I looked....I was 214lbs at the beginning of treatments....when I was done, I had lost 83 lbs & have only gained about 15 back....this isn't a recommended diet to lose weight but it is sometimes it is just such side effects as this that help your spirit.
HUGS & LOVE & wishes for you to have a positive experience & your outcome is like mine.
Charli