Cancer Survivor Interview: Early Staged Larynx Cancer, treated with Radiation

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  • @kaegan9698
    @kaegan9698 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Please everyone get a doctor who talks to you. After my first ENT saw my vocal cord he said he did not like that I had a mass on one side only. He ordered at CT scan but would not return my calls. One month after the first visit I finally had a follow up visit with the ENT. He alluded to the fact that I had cancer but never used that word nor a word like "suspicious." All he said was we do the surgery and a biopsy and "then we will know." The surgery and biopsy was scheduled for a month later. I saw him at the end of January and finally had a surgery scheduled at the end of March. My second ENT said immediately that he thought the mass was cancer. He scheduled the CT scan for the next day and the surgery and biopsy for 2 weeks later. He returns my calls and that is the most important thing to me. Honesty and communication.

  • @skyblue-df2od
    @skyblue-df2od Před 2 lety +5

    She's brilliant 👍 thank you so much lady, it's going to help others, very good👍

  • @triggsonelectronics1249
    @triggsonelectronics1249 Před 2 lety +8

    I'm a 35 year old going through this right now. Thank you so much for sharing

    • @idipped2521
      @idipped2521 Před 2 lety +1

      What are the symptoms that led you to believe you had cancer? I always feel like there is something stuck in the right side of my throat, and it's getting harder for me to swallow.

    • @DAEEEEEETAYYYYY
      @DAEEEEEETAYYYYY Před rokem +2

      Me as well stay strong

    • @kayleighsmith2951
      @kayleighsmith2951 Před rokem +1

      How did everything go? Are you ok now?

    • @lesleymaclennan7899
      @lesleymaclennan7899 Před rokem

      🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @boomerang6130
      @boomerang6130 Před 15 dny

      Are you a smoker?

  • @vivalav5199
    @vivalav5199 Před 3 měsíci +1

    My husband went through head & neck cancer. Treated at MDA in Houston in 2007 w 30 rounds of radiation to the neck, mouth and shoulder area. All was good for many years, until 5 years ago when he started w tingling and dropping things out of his hands. Here we are in 2024, and lost the use of both arms. Also, the flap that he needs to swallow is t working and now on a feeding tube. He had to medically retire from his job. No help from anyone. They say his case is “RARE” and they have no answers. He’s had several surgeries to clean out the scar tissue from radiation from 2007 and no results. Anybody out there w the same issues?

  • @karentompkins980
    @karentompkins980 Před 3 lety +17

    I had the same cancer in 2018. Stage 1a. I had no issues. No redness on my neck, no real weight loss. I had hoarseness for almost 8 months, my ENT saw Gerd and did see something but didn’t think it was cancer. I drank 2 litres of water a day and walked 2km a day. I was probably healthier then than I am now. I did 6 treatments a week for 5 1/2 weeks. I stayed all week in a lodge with all cancer patients. Doing well 2 1/2 years post treatment.

    • @vijaykp6394
      @vijaykp6394 Před 3 lety +3

      Hi Karen, can you share some of the inputs how did you notice that you might have cancer or any symptoms within throat.

    • @swapnanilchatterjee5264
      @swapnanilchatterjee5264 Před 3 lety +2

      Give some symptoms...my father has throat mucous...for 3 months..

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před 2 lety

      I was just diagnosed yesterday my wife doing this video.
      Thank you for sharing gives great hope

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před 2 lety

      @@vijaykp6394 hoarseness that didn't go away.. But biopsy is the only way

    • @skyblue-df2od
      @skyblue-df2od Před 2 lety

      Thank you for sharing this, you obviously just got on with it, admire your courage!👍

  • @JimM-zs8ul
    @JimM-zs8ul Před 8 měsíci

    What I am going through now is not identical but strikingly similar. Starting radiation in a couple of weeks. Right vocal cord cancer. Thank you for his video and sharing your experience. I hope you are doing well and have recovered completely!

  • @meredithmericle7487
    @meredithmericle7487 Před 2 lety +1

    This woman is spot on, especially about asking doctors what expect in the short and long The one thing that I demand is adequate pain medication post surgery. Doctors are so terrified of the Feds getting after them for prescribing too many narcotics that they forget their patients' comfort. This happened to me once where the pain was so bad the night I was discharged from the hospital that I drove myself to a nearby emergency room where I was given morphine. Now my doctor has to assure me of my comfort or I'll walk out the door and take my ailing body elsewhere. You will survive, and no matter what anyone says to you, you'll be back to feeling good in less time than you think.

  • @michaelm398
    @michaelm398 Před 2 lety +4

    I was just diagnosed with the same thing same right side Vocal cord. Waiting a scan to make sure hasn't spread then treat it with radiation therapy first and hopefully put it into remission.. Thanks for this video

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před 2 lety

      @@fxlrs_oakdale7234 my voice guy really hoarse and would not get better only less came out and rough, so I went to urgent care they said allergies try first Flonase.... Nothing still worst, vocal test .... Nothing worst, then biopsy and boom 🤯💥 there it was!!!

    • @showbuzz5238
      @showbuzz5238 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelm398 how are you now

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před 2 lety

      @@showbuzz5238 getting better every day waiting for the swelling in throat to be gone so they can verify tumor on cord is gone but health wieght and my voice has come back

    • @idipped2521
      @idipped2521 Před 2 lety +1

      @@michaelm398 glad you're doing better. I'm visiting a GI doctor but I want them to look at my larynx as well. I always feel there's something in my throat and it's on the right side only which leads me to believe it may be cancer

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před rokem

      @@idipped2521 go to your ent immediately

  • @fakeacc6590
    @fakeacc6590 Před rokem +1

    someone i know just got stage one cancer in the throat. age 68 - hpv neg. but a smoker and drinker. trying to get changa the Russian cure for cancer. turkey tail, yellow dock, food grade peroxide, stopped smoking can't stop drinking. they gave a 6-week treatment of chemo and radiation. we are trying to stop that.
    kind of don't know where to go from there. any help is appreciated.

    • @richardharris3423
      @richardharris3423 Před rokem +1

      How did the 6-week treatment of chemo and radiation go for this person you know? My understanding of chemo and radiation together.....is that they are more effective in killing cancer, than just having one of them at a time.

  • @Anglynn74
    @Anglynn74 Před 2 lety +2

    my spouse was just diagnosed with this, he's 54. I'm 47. We're kind of in the dark. It takes forever for the tests to come back & they hardly tell you anything. His results said in situ but they said they want to remove his entire voicebox immediately. He had a pet scan last week & we've heard nothing from anyone. We're both worried & scared.

    • @idipped2521
      @idipped2521 Před 2 lety

      How is he doing now? Can he still speak? My best wishes for the both of you

    • @richardharris3423
      @richardharris3423 Před rokem +1

      If I was him, I would not let them remove his voicebox. I would advise getting chemo and radiation together. Removing the voice box or any organ that has cancer......will do NOTHING, since most times the cancer comes back to the area where the voicebox/organ was removed. You're better off taking your chances hitting the cancer with both Chemo and Radiation at the same time. There generally is success with this method.

    • @MiaNamboothiripad
      @MiaNamboothiripad Před rokem

      Hope he is doing better. My prayers with you both.

    • @lesleymaclennan7899
      @lesleymaclennan7899 Před rokem

      🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @lanceandmelanierogers6255

    I was diagnosed with stage2 almost 3.. was given 33 radiation treatments and my neck blistered up pretty bad..

    • @bigaleos3175
      @bigaleos3175 Před 2 lety

      Was it just on one vocal cord

    • @lanceandmelanierogers6255
      @lanceandmelanierogers6255 Před 2 lety

      @@bigaleos3175 well I’m not sure 🤔

    • @myway1718
      @myway1718 Před 2 lety

      @@lanceandmelanierogers6255 how's u now

    • @lanceandmelanierogers6255
      @lanceandmelanierogers6255 Před 2 lety

      @@myway1718 it’s moved to my lungs as tiny spots.. they labeled me stage 4. I started an infusion of Keytruda last week. Thank you for asking

    • @showbuzz5238
      @showbuzz5238 Před 2 lety

      @@lanceandmelanierogers6255 how are u now bro

  • @brucefreeze7877
    @brucefreeze7877 Před 3 lety +6

    Thank you for sharing your story! I am now in the shoes you wore a little over a year ago. I am searching alternative natural healing methods like cannabis oil (Rick Simpson oil to be exact) or any other natural way. I have about a week to find something that sounds very promising or I too will be doing the radiation treatments. Thank you again and praying you never experience anything like that again.

    • @ubedulhaque3058
      @ubedulhaque3058 Před 2 lety +1

      How you doing brother

    • @jamemary9646
      @jamemary9646 Před 2 lety

      I don't long get herpes outbreak after using Dr Edaghonghon natural herbs medication for 14days..

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před 2 lety

      @@jamemary9646 huh

    • @michaelm398
      @michaelm398 Před 2 lety

      How did it work out? I wear just diagnosed yesterday

    • @meredithmericle7487
      @meredithmericle7487 Před 2 lety +3

      @@michaelm398 Take all the natural, homeopathic remedies you want, but ONLY in conjunction with the treatment plan your doc has prescribed.

  • @Guappo4Prez2012
    @Guappo4Prez2012 Před 10 měsíci

    I know of a person who had a very different experience than the person in the video. The sole side effect enumerated in the video was a "dry mouth" and that's it. The case I'm familiar with, there was absolute discomfort swallowing and soreness in the throat after the third week,, In the 4th, 5th and 6 th week the side effects had become severe. Sleep was interupted hourly by an overproduction of saliva, phlegm and gagging. ANy sleep was only possible due to the administration of narcotics. Pain during swallowing was a 9 out of 10 on the pain scale. There was even, by the 5th and 6th week, a burning in the throat which was constant. Eating by the end of the 5th and into the 6th week was almost impossible. I believe the airway narrowed due to swelling with each session of radiation.
    I'm not trying to disuade anyone from taking this treatment, it is reportedly better than 90% effective, however I want people to be aware that the video above is not reflective of what I know most people's experience is with this treatment. Again, the side effects--pain, sleeplessness, gagging, and the necessity for prescription pain killers is not something to be taken lightly. Even t he most bland, liquified food was difficult if not impossible to take in.

    • @vivalav5199
      @vivalav5199 Před 3 měsíci

      My husband went through head & neck cancer. Treated at MDA in Houston in 2007 w 30 rounds of radiation to the neck, mouth and shoulder area. All was good for many years, until 5 years ago when he started w tingling and dropping things out of his hands. Here we are in 2024, and lost the use of both arms. Also, the flap that he needs to swallow is t working and now on a feeding tube. He had to medically retire from his job. No help from anyone. They say his case is “RARE” and they have no answers. He’s had several surgeries to clean out the scar tissue from radiation from 2007 and no results. Anybody out there w the same issues?

  • @michaelm398
    @michaelm398 Před 8 měsíci

    It definitely can't hurt

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