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AM - 09 Jul 2006 23:45 GMT Dear J, living encyclopedia of patients complains, I have sustaining pain for 3 days just under my left side chest bones. What could be there? Hearth is excluded. It's I think left than esophagus. When I walk I even mechanically should put my hand there so much is its pain and even pain killer didn't help to it. When I do a deep breath, I feel more pain in that spot. Sometimes it would go away. But most of the time its there for 2-3 day now. Tomorrow I am seeing my RO. But I'd like to hear if possible an opinion before that.
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J - 10 Jul 2006 00:55 GMT > Dear J, > living encyclopedia of patients complains, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Tomorrow I am seeing my RO. But I'd like > to hear if possible an opinion before that. Here's some possibles (not diagnosis) and there could be more.... 1) costochondritis http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/costochondritis/DS00626 2) hernia 3) liver met 4) pleurisy - usually okay with pain meds 5) lung met 6) peg tube problem? 7) stomach and esophagus are to the left http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/uppergi/ so, gastritis, ulcer, heartburn etc are possibles. 8) I suppose possible pancreatitis - they can usually see that on (I think) CT scan I can't see and feel where you are pointing to so your RO will help you figure it out. You show where and what movement makes it worse, ok?
J
AM - 10 Jul 2006 01:12 GMT >> Dear J, >> living encyclopedia of patients complains, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > J Wow! Answer is faster than in emergency room :) And, some new worries: I hope and think that's number 1; My mother said (she had been nurse back in Armenia) it's likely something like what is described on Number 1. Number 3 and 5, God forbid, are terrible, but the Docs. said it's very rare with NPC. Number 2 is possible, specially about a year ago a scan reported something like "hernia hiatus". Number 4 likely no, becase it's indifferent to pain medication. Number 6 definitely not. Number 7 and 8 requires CT scan.
Thanks for your response.
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J - 10 Jul 2006 01:27 GMT > "J" <macyinno@nospam.inv> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Wow! Answer is faster than in emergency room :) <wink>
> Number 7 and 8 requires CT scan. Well, I think # 7 would require swallowing barium.. and yes I know you have a hiatal hernia, but mine does not hurt. Seems to me it would have to be huge to hurt when you walk and breathe. Hernias can happen anywhere. Maybe it's # 1, like you think. Make RO doc work and figure it out. ;) Could be something that wasn't on my list.
J
AM - 10 Jul 2006 04:26 GMT >> "J" <macyinno@nospam.inv> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Maybe it's # 1, like you think. > Make RO doc work and figure it out. ;)
> Could be something that wasn't on my list. Then I promise to let you know and so enlarge your list :)
Nice, sunny days were here; First time, after many years, I was enjoying to watch Football (soccer).
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> J AM - 10 Jul 2006 21:32 GMT Hello, I met with my RO who after looking to the right nose with the laryngoscope repeated that it's better to have biopsy. He to repeated that he mostly think it's just a tissue, but can be also c. And assured that there are options for treatment. This time I remembered to ask to evaluate the approximate size of the tissue. He showed something like a little below 0.5cm. What would change in the treatment if we waited to see if it's becoming let's say about 0.8cm?
Can not it stay there for many-many years by itself leaving it alone, even if it's a malignancy? The paradoxical thing was, that the ENT who insisted first on biopsy, answered to a question himself in a support group about how often to do MRI or Cat-Scan, that it's better not very often, as anything you see can lead to sometimes unnecessary procedures and worries.
Main conversation was concentrated about that so other issues - like pain under chest bones - remained practically unanswered. After feeling the pain escalated when I carried some weight, I am now inclined to think that it could be hernia.
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AM - 11 Jul 2006 22:10 GMT > Hello, > I met with my RO who after looking to the right nose [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > This time I remembered to ask to evaluate the approximate size of the > tissue.
> He showed something like a little below 0.5cm. > What would change in the treatment if we waited to see > if it's becoming let's say about 0.8cm? > > Can not it stay there for many-many years by itself leaving it alone, > even if it's a malignancy? J, and may be others? While we talked about similar things before, but still, do you have any comments? If it's smaller than 0.5cm in this case, and if we wait to see if it becomes or not, let's say 0.8cm - before any even biopsy, if that will do any changes in treatment and outcome? My only symptom in that regard (I am not sure even if it's related because I have that for months) - congested, mostly right side, nose; which sometimes will become more, sometimes - less congested (but never I feel it fully open).
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J - 12 Jul 2006 00:32 GMT > "AM" <am@am.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > changes in > treatment and outcome? Thanks for asking, Araik, but I don't know the answers. I can't remember your grading (speed of spread) http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Headneck/Typesofheadneckcancers/Cancer ofthenasopharynx
and I don't know if that changes after first treatment. It also says where it can spread to.
About your pain, Araik, there's abdominal pain mentioned for Diflucan http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/flucon_ad.htm If you're still taking diflucan and nystatin, at the very least, I think I'd stop the diflucan and if the pain wasn't starting to get better within a few days, I think I'd ask RO doc for equivalent of Steph's mix (instead of pill form).
"liquid mixture of nystatin, viscous xylocaine and an anti-inflammatory " And _possibly_ Zantac [see Disclaimer] (swish, and swallow) " (I think I would not gargle if you still have that opening/wound - unless you feel that the thrush is coming from the discharge).
[Disclaimer - do not buy/take these without checking with your doctor and reviewing all your medications, because i don't know all you're taking - that's their responsbility to oversee your medications] J
AM - 12 Jul 2006 02:37 GMT >> "AM" <am@am.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > and I don't know if that changes after first treatment. It > also says where it can spread to. Thanks, I checked the site and also other sites of PubMed about NPC-residual. Still there is not very bad statistics; but side effects and quality of life is not mentioned there.
> About your pain, Araik, there's abdominal pain mentioned for > Diflucan http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/flucon_ad.htm > If you're still taking diflucan and nystatin, at the very > least, I think I'd stop the diflucan and if the pain wasn't > starting to get better within a few days, I think I'd ask RO > doc for equivalent of Steph's mix (instead of pill form). Actually tomorrow is 10th- last day of it, so I think it will be clear by itself if it was caused by it; Today I don't remember having that pain, but felt too less energy all day; nothwidstanding that I get excellent calories: 5 cans a day(2200) plus may be 100-400cal experimenting by mouth. I feel hungry (and angry:) ) all the time.
BTW, you name it after these ng Steph or it is all accepted name? In my hospital they would talk about something like "3ple mix".
> "liquid mixture of nystatin, viscous xylocaine and an > anti-inflammatory " And _possibly_ Zantac [see Disclaimer] > (swish, and swallow) " (I think I would not gargle if you > still have that opening/wound - unless you feel that the > thrush is coming from the discharge). I use Zantak from November - 2 pills a day.
> [Disclaimer - do not buy/take these without checking with your > doctor and reviewing all your medications, because i don't > know all you're taking - that's their responsbility to oversee > your medications] > J Don't worry J, I'll be the last person to sue you :)
Disclaimer: I am responsible to all my actions and inactions, even if some of them may be provoked by the most powerful force experimenting or fulfilling some psychological or political agenda on me.
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J - 12 Jul 2006 10:34 GMT > J <macyinno@nospam.inv> typed: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Actually tomorrow is 10th- last day of it, so I think it will > be clear by itself if it was caused by it; Okay, so today is the last day. Thanks for clarifying.
> Today I don't remember having > that pain, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > BTW, you name it after these ng Steph or it is all accepted name? oh, no, it's not accepted name. It's mix that Steph told us about that he uses, for his patients. :)
> In my hospital they would talk about something like "3ple mix". Oh I see, each place calls it something different.
> > "liquid mixture of nystatin, viscous xylocaine and an > > anti-inflammatory " And _possibly_ Zantac [see Disclaimer] [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Don't worry J, I'll be the last person to sue you :) Sue me? That was the last of my worries. It's you taking meds without checking with doctors. And me making suggestions - me worried about you.
And somebody else here, on my tail, when I make suggestions. :)
> Disclaimer: I am responsible to all my actions and inactions, even if some > of them may be > provoked by the most powerful force experimenting or fulfilling > some psychological or political agenda on me. Well, I have no agenda. I want you to have cure (with least side effects) and get on with your life and your chance at the American dream; a good life with all the happy and sad things that may bring.
Why don't you go for biopsy? If it's clear, we can all celebrate. J
AM - 12 Jul 2006 16:42 GMT >> J <macyinno@nospam.inv> typed: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Okay, so today is the last day. Thanks for clarifying. Yes, wow! 3 messages from J. I'll answer to them. I think it's gone. Though can feel some taste reminding it once a while. From yesterday I didn't feel that pain at all. Yesterday I've been all sweating specially on my back - my t-shirt was all wet, and felt to much fatigue and anger. The right nose is permamently close by different degrees.
>> Today I don't remember having >> that pain, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > oh, no, it's not accepted name. It's mix that Steph told us > about that he uses, for his patients. :) I see :)
>> In my hospital they would talk about something like "3ple >> mix". > > Oh I see, each place calls it something different. And I guess using slightly different compositions.
>>> "liquid mixture of nystatin, viscous xylocaine and an >>> anti-inflammatory " And _possibly_ Zantac [see Disclaimer] [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Sue me? That was the last of my worries. > It's you taking meds without checking with doctors. I can't remember taking meds without checking with doctors or nurses. I got many useful advises here and in another support group. But I take that advises to my doctors; only very safe things I can try myself; like gurgling throat with "Club Soda".
> And me making suggestions - me worried about you. I am sorry that you put some seriousness in my joke.
> And somebody else here, on my tail, when I make suggestions. :) I am only thankful and friendly to you.
>> Disclaimer: I am responsible to all my actions and inactions, >> even if some of them may be [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Well, I have no agenda. Again, what I wrote, half joke half serios did not have to do anything with you at all.
> I want you to have cure (with least > side effects) and get on with your life and your chance at the > American dream; a good life with all the happy and sad things > that may bring. Thanks a lot, that was and is my prayer all the time. ... I don't want to bore you with my OT anger.
> Why don't you go for biopsy? If it's clear, we can all > celebrate. Like I am writing here, the same way I asked to my MO to wait for a while, which he didn't advise. Just today I got call from the ENT and scheduled pre-biopsy appointment on Friday. I have so many serious personal life and social problems accumulated together - which I call social cancer, that I don't want to start second round of treatment if God forbid, it becomes neccessary, before solving some of them. The NPC and treatment are not the reason of most of them and only made things worse. The main and immorally continuing reason is a deliberate surrealistic manipulation of my life, talking neutrally and politely.
> J
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J - 12 Jul 2006 19:06 GMT > IJ <macyinno@nospam.inv> typed: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I can't remember taking meds without checking with doctors or nurses. Misunderstanding, I guess. I thought you went and bought nystatin and dpflucan without checking with doctors and I suggested Zantac, but you're already taking it. :)
> I am only thankful and friendly to you. > > Again, what I wrote, half joke half serios did not have > to do anything with you at all. Ok. thanks for explaining. :)
> > I want you to have cure (with least > > side effects) and get on with your life and your chance at the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > didn't advise. Just today I got call from the ENT and scheduled pre-biopsy > appointment on Friday. Well, MO is concerned for you, wants to make sure you're cured; also medical liability.
If you don't want to (now) or want to keep trying to speak to other ENT, cancel it. It's your life. You make decision.
> I have so many serious personal life and social problems accumulated > together - which I call social cancer, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > reason is a deliberate surrealistic manipulation of my life, > talking neutrally and politely. I'll listen to OT's, but be careful what can of worms you open. Put "OT" at the beginning of the topic line. If it's about child support, can be controversial. Anger can't see kids, I understand, others here will understand, I think. It's up to you, Araik, if you want to vent your anger here. J
AM - 13 Jul 2006 01:45 GMT >> IJ <macyinno@nospam.inv> typed: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > checking with doctors and I suggested Zantac, but you're > already taking it. :) I am not checking it, but I guess simply you don't (and of course don't have to) remember my posts fully. Because I think I am writing even in more details here than others. How I could get Nystatin or Zantak or other medication if not prescribed by a doc? The only thing was with diflucan - when I remembered what I got in February when I had thrush and it was appeared I had refill and it was pre-holiday day and was hard to get nurse and after checking here and a very solid ANCOR group, I decided to take it.
>> I am only thankful and friendly to you. >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > If you don't want to (now) or want to keep trying to speak to > other ENT, cancel it. It's your life. You make decision. I don't have any problem and in contrary have great respect and trust to my MO, I put here many times. The ENT I saw only one time. I could not say anything bad to him besides that he found that I need to do biopsy and besides his humor that they kill people there only on Tuesdays. :)
I guess I read a book about Napoleon long ago, where one of his loyal generals report him that his wife betrayes him with some trusted man. He thanks, punished in some way the unloyal two. Later the reporting general was the only one who he did not honored with medals after a victory. The author comments, that Napoleon could not forgive him for telling him the bad news. :)
>> I have so many serious personal life and social problems >> accumulated together - which I call social cancer, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It's up to you, Araik, if you want to vent your anger here. > J Thanks, I don't think it's very reasonable to do and don't want to talk about them specially in this ng too much. I put something about it recently in news:1152332176_17503@sp6iad.superfeed.net, I am not sure if you can access it from the link or how to make link to my own post through Google, if you have time and interest.
Child support is child support only by name (I am not talking about the established system, but the things I experienced after my separation and divorce in the courts from 1996-1998 and especially from 2004-2006) and actually became great surrealistic entity by itself, it's a small part of what you named the "can", though they arranged a serious court hearing in ... Michigan to Show Cause why I have so much debt accrued (while I didn't have authorization to work, while I couldn't find job, while I was getting treatment) with possible jail time in both cases - if I could appear or could not appear in court. They found a criminal! I don't think that those who sitting there are not humans. And most of the time their decitions are reasonable. But I think that's one part regulated from the same Force, who I called Invisible Hand 3 years ago. Otherwise, how to explain that they have all of my documentation, they know what is going on, they know that I am even very close to become absolutely homeless and they continued to pursue it. When I asked for at least a legal aid, they gave me an agency, who twice screened me in detail, told me they will call back in a week and didn't call. (It's 3 weeks passed); They said that "if your debt is to your wife and she agrees, it can be waived. But if it is to State of Michigan ( which is in my case) it never waives. Absurd! I could not get calm and yelled to him that "I am grateful to state of Massachusetts which provides me Medicaid, to US government which provides me SS help. Now how to understand that State of Michigan thinks that they both are wrong and it can get a shirt from a naked man?" I hate to be or feel parasite. I was thinking to try to find a job or a part time job when this biopsy and court hearing started to prevail my mindset. I think eventually start to work again and rebuild my life. Otherwise, I lived-up all of my credit cards and same things happen with trying to find housing in this hard period. All the agencies I asked responded me to wait from ... 2 to 10 years. I told them that in 2 or 10 years I may be either dead or stood on my foot and I would not need help anymore. I need it now as everyone knows how is important for healing to not be in such uncertain housing situation. But the main and hurting thing is loneless, solitude. That was one thing, invisible walls, that was artificially raised around me for years. Practically I don't call and don't get call or go somewhere except my parents and siblings and a few sporadic cases, despite me craving to have normal friendships. ( I am not including my efforts to participate in some support group, some local cultural group, or even an ethical group; but that Invisible Hand gradually create same invisible walls aroundme everywhere). I don't have close friends, a girlfriend or wife around for more than 3 years despite that I am very social and used to have good friends around. That's obvious that the Invisible Hand encircled me in an area that don't let ordinary people come close. I know many good people, as Armenians, ex-Russians, and American likewise. I can bet that everyone around me, even my old and good friends, get some command - who when how long can they talk or meet me. So the relationships becoming artificially corrupt. But sometimes even that is better than absolute loneless. As in virtual prison. Why? For what? The worse part is that some of them, especially those who are more successful in this country and claimed to be government agents, play a double or triple face games and organize others to do same which I just don't want to talk more . If I raise my voice, there are ready and easy "prescriptions" to all I wrote - "paranoya", "psycosis" and other vicious designs which justifies good people to testify or go against their will. If I go into more details, there is good statistics that I'll get into accident or illness will go unexpedited worse et.c. (Even a year ago I put here with some black joke that for some poets and peoples alike there were tuberculous before because there were not cars yet. And not so much cancers.) But if you stay calm, someday you may get the most nasty accustations and set-ups. OK, I'll not go farther.
Like I say always, only prayings to God and government could be helpful when you feel most of the design.
I had naively putting my worries in my AOL Journal and here in other newsgroups along with my letters to all kind of authorities and organizations, thinking that crying loud would make demonic designs around me will dissapear, letting me have the ordinary life I deserve.
My job search turned to farce; all relationships become shamefully manipulated to represent double invisible reality I don't know for who, a "bad guy", as morally, as well politically. The content of my medication was changed. Doesn't matter - from my appartment, from the pharmacy or from my car, eveerywhere there were visible signs of almost everyday intrusion to my appartment ( and everything else -cell phone, phone, mail, email et. c.) and making strange smells which caused headaches and unsleepy nights (I don't insist and don't have prove but couldn't it be the cause of the rare cancer to me?). My old computer deliberately broked as soon as I started to use it, which had a lot of messages from those my friends who claimed to be government agents. It was like a Woland's games from the "Master and Margarita" I experienced. Like O'Brien's friendship and tricks from "1984". Like the "Beautiful Mind", if we understand the film in the way that it was indeed were serious attempts initially to try to create second reality as if the Nash is indeed a "bad guy". The only substantial change I got in that cycle from 2003-2005, was that after my complains in 2004 nobody was talking about that "my life is in danger", "I'll be killed or jailed if I stay in America" et.c. which I have in my complains to authorities of the time. And the next change was this cancer, even the treatment of which was posptoned for months due to the manipulations which affected greatly on my first clinic's unhealthy behavior. And mainly from late December, when I ended up in hospital and felt very bad, I felt that that "social cancer" started to express humanity and melt away by itself. (Actually it can do it anytime - as if it's not there) That helped very much to my healing and I started to forget all of it and hoped to a normal life. But it appeared that it just was waiting for something and started in recent couple months to show itself again. I an very patient, but it hurts when I see the fakeness and agendas around me, that left me in my late 40ies lonely, almost next to homeless. And that's not started with cancer, but deliberate "social cancer", for some political or psycological agenda.
Ugh!
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J - 12 Jul 2006 10:21 GMT > "AM" <am@am.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Can not it stay there for many-many years by itself leaving it alone, > > even if it's a malignancy? This man's spread fairly quickly http://www.cancerforums.net/post-4441.html And it looks to me that after RT and chemo, he relied on chemo and it did not work.
1 cm tumor is 1,000,000,000 cancer cells. You do the math. If some, any, many, cancer cells escaped the RT, they can spread through your body. (not to mention spread into the bones or the paranasal sinuses, to other parts of the head, including the nerves, eye or inside the skull.
You have to weigh the risks of waiting to have a biopsy or delaying treatment (if c) And the side effects of RT, if there's still c. You have to ask RO if they can do IMRT, and if so, is it better now than later..
> J, and may be others? > While we talked about similar things before, but still, do you have any > comments? > If it's smaller than 0.5cm in this case, and if we wait to see if it becomes > or not, let's say 0.8cm - before any even biopsy, if that will do any > changes in treatment and outcome? You have to ask RO and/or do the math. I wish you could go to a major center and get opinion and treatment and stay close so they take good care of you. But no point, until you know if it's c (back again) - biopsy. J
J - 12 Jul 2006 11:33 GMT > This man's spread fairly quickly > http://www.cancerforums.net/post-4441.html > And it looks to me that after RT and chemo, he relied on chemo and it did not work. Now I'm worried. The man had a pain in his side.. When were your last scans, Araik? J
AM - 12 Jul 2006 16:42 GMT >> This man's spread fairly quickly >> http://www.cancerforums.net/post-4441.html [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > When were your last scans, Araik? > J
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AM - 12 Jul 2006 16:48 GMT >> This man's spread fairly quickly >> http://www.cancerforums.net/post-4441.html [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > When were your last scans, Araik? > J Sorry, I mechanically clicked send to last one before responding.
Last MRI was in May 24 and Cat Scan was in ER in June 21 where I went after bleeding et.c.; Both didn't found anything particular; Even RO on Monday repeated, that MRI didn't show something wrong.
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AM - 12 Jul 2006 17:00 GMT >> "AM" <am@am.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > You have to ask RO if they can do IMRT, and if so, is it > better now than later.. Thank you, OK... I know negatives... Please tell me positive :)
>> J, and may be others? >> While we talked about similar things before, but still, do >> you have any comments? >> If it's smaller than 0.5cm in this case, and if we wait to >> see if it becomes or not, let's say 0.8cm - before any even >> biopsy, if that will do any changes in treatment and outcome?
> You have to ask RO and/or do the math. > I wish you could go to a major center and get opinion and > treatment and stay close so they take good care of you. But > no point, until you know if it's c (back again) - biopsy. I think I am in a very good place - Mass General Hospital - and with very good doctors, nurses and team. The only thing, still I was not able yet to meet with an ENT doc who I would trust as to my oncology doctors.
Do you think that a "major center" would provide something that I don't get here? In any case, I am out of any means currently to go to some other place.
> J
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J - 12 Jul 2006 18:32 GMT > I think I am in a very good place - Mass General Hospital - and > with very good doctors, nurses and team. > The only thing, still I was not able yet to meet with an ENT doc who I would > trust as to my oncology doctors. What's the problem? Maybe alex would have suggestion. (I thought you 're in different State) J
AM - 13 Jul 2006 01:55 GMT >> I think I am in a very good place - Mass General Hospital - >> and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > (I thought you 're in different State) > J I wrote here about every my appointment with an ENT; started with about strange things the first ENT did a year ago. As always I am optimism. I may establish "bond" with the current ENT. (The ENT's are not in the same hospital but around.)
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alex - 13 Jul 2006 05:13 GMT ">>> I think I am in a very good place - Mass General Hospital -
>>> and >>> with very good doctors, nurses and team. >>> The only thing, still I was not able yet to meet with an ENT >>> doc who I would trust as to my oncology doctors. I am guessing if you are at MGH you are going to MEEI. Both are fine places. Communication between the two despite their geographical location isn't great which creates some challenges. Don't except to have the same relationship with an ENT as you do with your oncologist. Alex
AM - 13 Jul 2006 06:48 GMT > ">>> I think I am in a very good place - Mass General Hospital - >>>> and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > relationship with an ENT as you do with your oncologist. > Alex You are right, Alex. Are you from Boston area? I simply don't like to post names and places in my posts, especially when I have something negative said. The MGH was different because I feel it was lifesaver for me. I know that both are fine places. I wrote about my experiences before and don't think it make sense to recall; Actually most of my problems are about with Nose-Throat-Ears, so it's good to "get along :) " with a regular ENT. They all are good professionals, the question is not about that.
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J - 12 Jul 2006 18:33 GMT > Please tell me positive :) You tell us, please. Give report, as if you were walking into ENT's. Appetite is good, feeding tube is good, The right nose is permamently close by different degrees. No more bloody secretions, no more bad taste, Though can feel some taste reminding it once a while. Some fatigue, but energy is coming back, I'm walking. Sweating when I lied on my back. Weight? Sleep? Last MRI was in May 24 and Cat Scan was in ER in June 21 where I went after bleeding et.c.; Both didn't found anything particular. I'm happy treatment is over, but RO doc sees .5 cm on ??? and wants to do biopsy.
i'll check tomorrow for your positive report, in your words. J
AM - 13 Jul 2006 02:20 GMT >> Please tell me positive :) > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > i'll check tomorrow for your positive report, in your words. > J I am so tired after writing a big response about "social cancer". I don't know if I do good or more bad to myself writing such things... Why you wrote this -compiling from my various posts together and even wanted me to "report"-repeat it? Are you mocking on me or what? At least I don't have "sweating when I lied on my back." The "positive report", realisitc and terrible one is the OT "social cancer".
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J - 13 Jul 2006 23:47 GMT > OK... I know negatives... > Please tell me positive :) Darned if I know what you want to hear, Araik if you want to know cure rates, (with RT), on recurrences or leftover "c", maybe Steph'll tell you. J
AM - 14 Jul 2006 01:31 GMT >> OK... I know negatives... >> Please tell me positive :) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Steph'll tell you. > J Oh, all of my verbose OT's started when you described what can happen if I not get biopsy ASAP and I wrote the above mentioned 2 sentences. I don't get why you are getting annoyed, my only point of those sentences is that it is better to hear that the glass is half full than half empty. So "Please tell me positive" actually was just rhetoric expression. OK, nevermind.
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