Re: My daughter starts chemotherapy on Wednesday.

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Re: My daughter starts chemotherapy on Wednesday.

Janet Wilder

28 Jun 2009 22:06

> She was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus
> earlier this month. It is stage 4.
>
> She is 45 y.o. and I wondered if anyone here would
> like to comment, or offer advice.

Go to this site and have her sign up for the *head and neck* cancer list
serve. There are some wonderful people who will be happy to share with
her and answer questions.

http://www.acor.org/mlists/mlists.html

Are they going to do radiation? If they have suggested it, get her to a
major cancer center. DO NOT let a local cancer center do radiation on her.

Johns Hopkins in Maryland, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and
Memorial-Sloan Kettering in New York City are the 3 best centers for H&N
cancer in the world.

Head and Neck radiation is the most evil of all radiation treatments. It
has the worst side-effects and requires a specialized support team
including special dental professionals. Many of the side effects of H&N
radiation are life-long.

I cannot stress how important it is to have the support available only
at one of the above centers.

If I have scared anyone, then I've done my job.

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Janet Wilder
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Anne Welsh Jackson	28 Jun 2009 13:18
She was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus earlier this month. It is stage 4. She is 45 y.o. and I wondered if anyone here would like to comment, or offer advice. Signature AnneJ

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