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Cancer is shrinking
Celebration
0 CommentsMy Dec 2014 PET scan was clear! No evidence of active disease. I decided to NOT commit to aggressive chemotherapy based on the scan ...
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My local oncologist referred me to an oncologist @ Stanford Cancer Center. November 2014
Decision Point
0 CommentsThis was to get additional information/other opinion re: treatment. I have been consistently told that the cancer I have is "highly ...
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cyber knife
Radiation
Did 5 sessions. The hardest part was laying still for approximately 2 hrs @ each session after a 1.5hr drive to get there! September...
0 CommentsPainless Experience: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree -
Breakthrough
Celebration
0 CommentsI danced at our local Relay for Life! I hadn't danced hula in public for a few years so it meant the world to me.
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PET scan July 2014 noted suspicious area in left lung, hilar region.
Oh No
0 CommentsFirst out-of county referral to an Interventional Pulmonologist.
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Physical therapy for left arm/shoulder/neck; return to lymphedema clinic.
Other Care
0 CommentsSome improvement in strength, range of motion on left side. Doing exercises & have added another compression garment; this one for m...
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Finished treatment
Celebration
0 CommentsMay 2014: Finished radiation and chemotherapy...for now. Continued w/ IV hydration for 2 more weeks.
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Chemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Weekly cisplatin infusions and 2x/wk hydration. Did chemo and radiation together for 8 wks.
0 CommentsEasy to Do: Neutral/NA Minimal Side Effects: Disagree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Disagree -
External radiation
Radiation
March 2014- 8 weeks of radiation tx. Had to wear face mold during sessions.
0 CommentsPainless Experience: Neutral/NA Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree -
Nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy)
Side Effects
0 CommentsNerve damage to left neck and shoulder, pain, lymphedema to neck, skin changes, headaches. Numbness, shooting electrical "zaps", som...