Oncoligist visit today

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FormerMember

22 Feb 2010

Went to see dr after 4 cycles of chemo and ct scan not sure about how i feel the lymhnode in chest is still the same no bigger no smaller!! but the ones in neck area he cant feel! cant have tablet as it is not suitable !! it tested negative for my cancer!! he also told me today that i have to have radical radiotherapy for 6 weeks originally he said 2 weeks !!! he also told me i may get a problem with my gullet and have to have a tube fitted to feed me !! this has frightened me to death!! 3 out of 100 people get it ! as i had my left lung removed 6 and half years ago and as my right lung pushed all to left side it also moves windpipe etc !!! so dont really know how i feel on one hand its good and the other not so good !!!

FormerMember over 15 years ago

Good news the neck is clear Win, I often think they tell you the worst rather than the best, but who am i to judge eh, all I can say is hang in there be positive as others have told me, and it works, you have gone through a lot in the 6 yrs or so and come back winning, so go to your corner, gloves on lady, and come out fighting, you beat it once, so beat it again.

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Paul
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FormerMember over 15 years ago

Good news about the lymph nodes in your neck. One problem sorted! If 3 out of 100 people have problems after radiotherapy, you're much more likely to be one of the 97. Thinkiing of you, Val X
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FormerMember over 15 years ago

Win, I know its easy for me to say but try not to worry about the food tube. Its called a peg and my husband has had one for nearly 2 years as its the only way he can have anything as he is totally nil by mouth. He has no tongue so everything goes into his lungs. As Val as said the odds are you will be one of the 97. He also had six weeks of RT, which I will not lie to you is hard going, but manageable. All the best

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Shelley
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