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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / May 2008update
Hi, Thought i would write in after reading CSM's and Marc's note...... Glad to know things are going on well. Brief recap: I am Sam living in Mumbai, India; Male; aged 44 years....diagnosed in March 2008 with Ca Nasopharynx. I had a lymph node swelling the size of 2 inches by 1 inch wide in my left neck. I have completed 2 chemo cycles and was pleasantly surprised to find myself with no side effects what so ever other than hair loss. IMRT has started from 1st week May for 38 sessions- have finished 12 of them. I have to take a weekly dose (takes about 3 hrs) of chemo to aid IMRT. Since last couple of days, have started to experience mouth dryness; irritation in throat and tongue (beginning of ulceration stage?); general weakness. Facing problems with appetite which has gone down quite a bit though managing to eat with my mouth. trying to maintain good diet but....... My "The end' of IMRT is on 26th June........counting days......hope time flies by (as cant believe that I have been since March or almost two and a half months in therapy already!). Thats all for now.... Sam > Hi, > Thought i would write in after reading CSM's and Marc's note...... [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Thats all for now.... > Sam Hey Sam, that's *great* news :) Incidentally, I just got an email from a fellow firefighter who was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, had a lobe of the lung taken out, then found the cancer had moved to his breastbone: He's undergone his second round of chemotherapy and no side-effects, either, along with a shrinkage of the cancer :) :) :) The diet thing is hard. For me, anyway, it's the dead tastebuds: Everything's dry cardboard with some wet cardboard on top. It also seems to be inconsistant: Some days, I can taste sweet or salt, whereas others is nada. My dietician said to just keep thinking of the body as an engine that needs gasoline to keep running (I wonder if I could taste gasoline ??? :) )  SignatureMarc Bissonnette Looking for a new ISP? http://www.canadianisp.com Largest ISP comparison site across Canada. > > Hi, > > Thought i would write in after reading CSM's and Marc's note...... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Hey Sam, that's *great* news :) Yes it is. Sam has a good chance at cure. > Incidentally, I just got an email from a fellow firefighter who was > diagnosed with lung cancer last year, had a lobe of the lung taken out, > then found the cancer had moved to his breastbone: He's undergone his > second round of chemotherapy and no side-effects, either, along with a > shrinkage of the cancer :) :) :) Palliation? or planning to remove part of the sternum? Different type of cancer (from Sam's). Which type of lung cancer is it, please? Sounds like NSCLC, since he had surgery; but could be something rare? Sternum is difficult place to safely irradiate. The sternum and rib cage helps to protect the lungs, heart and major blood vessels from physical trauma. Best wishes for your friend. Do your "friend firemen" read here? J >> > Hi, >> > Thought i would write in after reading CSM's and Marc's note...... [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Different type of cancer (from Sam's). Which type of lung cancer is > it, please? I don't know - He wrote me on a firefighter's forum when one of my hall- mates wrote to say what I was going through to say that he had a pretty good idea of what I was going through wrt radiation. That's one thing about being a firefighter - you are part of a *big* family. > Sounds like NSCLC, since he had surgery; but could be something rare? > Sternum is difficult place to safely irradiate. The sternum and rib > cage helps to protect the lungs, heart and major blood vessels from > physical trauma. > > Best wishes for your friend. Do your "friend firemen" read here? I would assume there are some of us here - Sadly, cancer is pretty darned frequent in firefighters, be they full time or volunteer/on-call. (I'm an on-call firefighter for our rural station) SignatureMarc Bissonnette Looking for a new ISP? http://www.canadianisp.com Largest ISP comparison site across Canada. > [snipped] > > Yes it is. Sam has a good chance at cure. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > mates wrote to say what I was going through to say that he had a pretty > good idea of what I was going through wrt radiation. Oh, I see. It was just a "heads up" in case it was one of your locals. > That's one thing about being a firefighter - you are part of a *big* > family. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > frequent in firefighters, be they full time or volunteer/on-call. (I'm an > on-call firefighter for our rural station) Same thing here - on call - most of them volunteers. There've been 2, that i can remember (both Canadian). Nina's Dad (esophageal) and way back, a man's father who had advanced liver cancer. I naively thought his life could be saved if only they'd get him in faster. I don't know who's lurking, but maybe they all hang out on firefighter newsgroups or forums, as you mentioned. In our area, a lot of people don't have computers or only use them for emailing. And/or the volunteers are too busy with their "day jobs", then family and home responsibilities and catching up on sleep, after "fire fighting" outings. It's so quiet here, a person can almost here a pin drop. :) so when the siren goes off, it wakes up the whole village. All 4 X 8 blocks. <grin> Is your place bigger? J >> [snipped] >> > Yes it is. Sam has a good chance at cure. [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > the siren goes off, it wakes up the whole village. > All 4 X 8 blocks. <grin> Is your place bigger? Not by much :) My village is about 900 people - We have more cows than people :) That being said, the fire department covers 5 villages total or about 550 sq KM. We've seen quite a few barn fires, bush/brush fires, as well as house/structure, with the odd vehicle extrication and one train crash (at least in my 5 years so far). It certainly adds spice to life :) SignatureMarc Bissonnette Looking for a new ISP? http://www.canadianisp.com Largest ISP comparison site across Canada. On May 21, 9:40 am, samgr8ti...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > Thought i would write in after reading CSM's and Marc's note...... [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Thats all for now.... > Sam Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear all is going so well so far. You may just be resistant to the unpleasant side-effects of the treatment. Hopefully, this will continue, and your recent symptoms won't progress. As for time, I find it hard to believe it's been nearly two years since my diagnosis. There was a time that cancer was a sentence of death, and often a painful one. Thanks to great advances by the medical establishment (don't buy the hate you'll see from some), we now have hope, and in many cases can expect to put cancer completely behind us. Good luck on the rest of your treatment, and please keep us informed. --- CSM |
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