I am a 73 year old woman and I finished my treatments for throat cancer on July 29th. Keep a postive attitude no matter what. I am healing. Lost my taste buds making food impossible to eat. I lost about 35 lbs. Have a feeding tube for nutrition. I am now starting to eat food through my throat. Some taste is coming back slowly. I will not lie it was not an easy thing to get through. Just decide that you will get through it and keeping a better attitude will help you achieve that goal. IT IS DOABLE. Everyone reacts diferently. May God stand with you during your treatments.

@patriot22100

7 ай бұрын

I have a Friend with the same 'Can't eat lost weight, feeding through a Tube'. Have you found any Cure for the Cancer Treatment Damage yet? Hope All is Well.❤

@chapmanmerchant

4 ай бұрын

my dad went through 35 rads and 5 chemo and finished on October 1st. Not good so far he is back on liquids. went on feeding tube 3 quarters the way through. We could use any advice about swallowing. He's off the tube in Dec 2023. and then he's going back to liquids. Any advice would be helpful. Wow what a horrible mess. My dad is 77 and will be writing a book about this and That FUCKEN HPV VIRUS CAN fuck itself in the ear!

Thank you for making these videos. You’ve given me hope that maybe I can get through this. I start 35 treatments, 5 days a week for 7 weeks in early December. You are a younger man than me. I’m 70. I just hope I can bear it the way you did. I also hope you are doing well post treatment and hope you continue to make videos. Terry

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

You got this! I was just told I am officially cancer fee yesterday...so that was awesome news. I will be adding one more video about how my recovery went...now that I am recovered. I will be thinking about you. Just a tip before this all begins for you...the Pain from this is temporary....that's what I told myself... and it was true.

@MrJr669

Жыл бұрын

I had 30 radiation treatments at age 62 for tongue cancer it was rough but 7 years later i am still here.

@lynnannhanks8519

Жыл бұрын

How are you doing now? The best to you.

@hotstixx

8 ай бұрын

​@MrJr669 I had 35 for T4 base of tongue 3 years ago..Still here..but only just ! Currently sporting tracheostomy after massive life threatening bleed 6 months ago..but due to be removed this Monday...total nightmare of a thing. My abiding memory of radiation treatment was that mask - I'm claustrophobic or at least discovered I was after the first fitting of the mask - I nearly hit the roof when they clicked the last few buttons into place - it was so tight I could barely twitch my nose and had a massive spas out...massive as in try to tear the whole machine asunder.When I say I thought I would be phoning my family on the first actual radiation day,from the departure lounge of Dublin Airport,I'm not kidding.35 sessions later and I've no idea how I did it but to say it was an enormous challenge each time and no amount of xanax helped.Id have needed a bowl of them washed down with a half bottle of whiskey.But the staff were amazing although when they saw me entering the room at around number 10 I'm pretty sure some of them were wishing me a premature heart attack..and I didn't blame them 1 bit. My cancer is gone but the meaning of cancer is not just the cancer itself - its more complicated...radiation,especially high doses,leaves its legacy and can go on for a long time.I haven't had a day where there has not been pain and discomfort and much has to do with radiation. But I always spare a thought for those that had to go through treatment with a more ambiguous prognosis.My prognosis was good in terms of getting rid of cancer.There are those that have to go through the brutal treatment all the while being unsure of the outcome. I salut you. I'm 58 non smoker.

My husband starts his radiation treatments on Monday. 7 weeks 5 days a week. We’re so thankful to you for sharing your experience with us. I hope that you realize how much you are helping others. Thank the Lord that you are cancer free. I’m so concerned about keeping weight on my husband because he can’t afford to lose any weight. I’m definitely not a chef but I’m going to do my best to keep him eating. Thank you again.

@sabavoice3355

8 күн бұрын

hows your husband?

Good info. I just got the news, so I understand it's different for everyone, hoping mine is one of the better ones. I quit smoking when I was 32 about 36 years ago. Unfortunately, I was a very heavy smoker. Pay now and pay later. Glad yours went well.

Thank you 🙏🏽 I’ve been doing all that and more. I was already very attentive of him, now I am even more. Seems he needs his space, so I respect it.

So glad I have seen this before my treatment.

Thanks you for sharing your story, I am 41 and I have begun this path by detecting the hoarsness voice, they found the lumb on the left as they did with you and just got the biopsy done a week a go, going to see the results next week on my post appointment. I am hoping if I do have the same cancer you did, its the same type and treatment as yours, you have given us courage to face this. god bless you and hope you have fully recovered.

good luck to you man HOPE YOUR STILL KICKING IT { FROM SCOTLAND }

I wasn’t going to keep my mask either . Felt I never wanted to see it again as it made me panic being stuck down . I did keep it and glad I did now ❤

Thx I just had TORS surgery and neck dissection which saved me from chemo so far and lowered my radiation 5w 25 doses so I’m grateful I’m soo lucky I get mapped and my mask made this week and couple more weeks to radiation Gob bless u all my ✌️🙏❤️to u and yours

@kimmie_jo

6 ай бұрын

How was the neck dissection? My doctor is thinking of doing surgery to remove the tumor. She said I may not even need chemo, it just depends on what they find. She said I may be ok with just surgery and radiation. Did you have any problems with the dissection? Not sure what I’m walking into.

Oh wow! You handled that treatment so incredibly well! I’ve just hit the 2yr post treatment milestone and are cancer free…. Would I go through that treatment again? Heck no!!!

Good video, very helpful 👍

Keep going man, your an inspiration 👏🏾🙌🏾

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

Thank you👊

Congratulations, seems like you aced the radiotherapy! Your videos are very helpful, as the few that I can find on this, the patients really had a hard time. I guess it depends on the location of the tumor and our own body's reaction to the radiation. I think, in your case, it was lucky your body had the initial reaction. It seems like the prednisolone helped a lot.

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

THX and oh yeah...that medication was super helpful during this...although some side effects...I am blessed and happy to be complete those treatments...LETS Goooo

Stay strong

Thank you for sharing this

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

Your Welcome

Thanks for sharing your experience congratulations on your outcome going through all treatments were you just hanging around the house except daily trips for treatments or could you do some of the things you like outdoors ?

My ex boyfriend. Now my friend has cancer in the right vocal cord, he started his first treatment today he will be 7 weeks of treatments and once a week chemo with radiation. He will be staying with me while he gets better. He is stage 3 and he is 73

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

I am thinking about u two. Ur a special person to want to deal with a cancer patient…we can be extra sometimes. I wish u both the best🙏

@MsLadyBluesWorld

Жыл бұрын

How is he doing

Thank you, you gave me more insperation to move forward, I'm getting Radiation and chemo, soon.

@CertitudeHI

11 ай бұрын

🙏

@juneramirez8580

11 ай бұрын

Keep a positive attitude, it helps. Remember it is curable. It is hard but you will get over it and come out cancer free. Best of luck to you. I was told all of the horrible side effects that could happen that didn't. Hope you experience less of them. Every one reacts differently.

You are amazing btw . I've had all my nodes taken and have no skin left in my throat Me either ! Crack on I say ❤

@patriot22100

7 ай бұрын

I have a Friend with the same 'Can't eat, lost weight, feeding through a Tube'. Have you found any Cure for the Cancer Treatment Damage yet? Hope All is Well.❤

i have the port for the chemo treatments and the feeding tube also. The port even though they tell you blood tests can be taken from the port no one would take it from there. Because of the chemo I had to go a few days before every chemo treatment to get a blood test taken from the vain in my arm. That decides if you can get the treatment that week I only missed one because I had a fever. Again every one reacts differently. Except for my body rejecting the feeding tube radiation and the kind of chemo didn't effect me much. My pain came from the infection caused by my rejecting the tube. But that is normal for me. Most people have no problem with the feeding tube or the port. I am a hard case. I finished my treatments on July 29 for the same cancer you have HPV. I am starting to eat by mouth this week and expect to get the tube out next week. The thick saliva caused by the damage to your throat by the radiation was the worst for me. I am grateful it stopped shortly after radiation stop. Our type of throat cancer has a very high cure rate. Remember that when you get hit with any of the side effects they tell you about. Mine were tough but not as bad as they could have been. I concidered myself blessed. Wishing you a speedy recovery

@donnabarnes540

6 ай бұрын

Hi . Your experience sounds similar to mine . I’m 15 months post treatment. Sometimes I think , what the heck just happened!! I had most of the side effects if not all of them . I’m doing good now . Swallowing isn’t the same as it was . Dry mouth still . Glad you’re doing good too ❤

It hits hard xx

God ... Mine was all the way down . It make you feel very poorly now

I start my treatment for larynx cancer in 3 weeks. I hope I will do okay. Thank you for making this video! God bless!

@DailyKhalee

3 ай бұрын

how did it go?!

@Nana_Wright

3 ай бұрын

Everything went well. My last treatment was February 22nd. My oncologist really socked the radiation to me during my 29 treatments. I'm feeling super fatigued still. I was told to expect that for the first year. I never took any steriods or any pain medication. I didn't even need the magic mouthwash. I am on a medication to increase the blood flow to my neck to keep the soft tissues from hardening and it makes me a little nauseous. I have my next PET scan in June to make sure the cancer is gone. Thank you for asking!

@Nana_Wright

3 ай бұрын

​@@DailyKhaleeI'm so thankful! I am alive and I get to tell my grandchildren how much I love them in my own voice!

@DailyKhalee

3 ай бұрын

@@Nana_Wright Yayyyyyyyyy. so so happy you are doing well and the worst is behind you. thank you for the update. 🥳🥳 hope the pet scan goes awesome!!

@DailyKhalee

3 ай бұрын

@@Nana_Wright absolutely!!! thats what matters!!! Father in law just got diagnosed yesterday but only by the ENT looking. still need biopsy to see exactly what is it… not knowing is killing me. so of course i just research as much as possible lol

I start my treatment next week. Your videos made me less stressed .Thanks for sharing

Surprised no chemo, hubby had to have 3 boughts with it. Was it from smoking or hpv. He had hpv, I had surgery for the same dec. 27, I caught early so, should be no further treatments but time will tell. Bless you, you look great.

Aqua for is a goon cream to put on your neck. That helped my father after his radiation.

I have feeding tube too just in case but I had issues swallowing due to aspiration so I gotta do a swallow test I’m freaking out over the mask

I’m 43 fixing to start this plus chemo

Did that dance almost 2 years ago. Took 2 years to get anything like healed. Unfortunately, I think it might be coming back along with lung cancer (going for a MRI and procedure to take a sample). Never smoked, didn't take drugs or drink alcohol ever. Go figure.

@jromeharris3181

8 күн бұрын

Praying God heal you completely.

What we’re your first signs/symptoms and how long from them did you get your diagnosis? What test determined cancer?

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

I first lost my voice / it was hard to makes sounds if that makes any sense. It was April I first went to my regular physician and I was diagnosed in July so 4 months. Th we determined it with a medical procedure where they put me under and did a biopsy. I wasn’t allowed to talk for 2 wk after it 🤦🏻‍♂️…that was more difficult than the surgery/biopsy.

@donnabarnes540

6 ай бұрын

Your time line from start to finish was very nearly the same as mine ❤

What can I do to help someone who’s about to go through this ?

@juneramirez8580

11 ай бұрын

Try to be patient with them, and keep their spirit up so they have a positive attitude. That will help them through. My family were all so supportive of me. Drove me to appointments when necessary, shopped for me whenever I needed anything. Helped around the house because I was so tired. But there is light at the end of that gloomy tunnel! It is a very curable cancer. Just remember that! I finished radiation and chemo on July 29 and am healing enough to be able to eat by mouth once again. And hope to get the feeding tube they put in me out in a week.

what are you supposed to do if you dont have insurance ?

@acdrake716

8 ай бұрын

Go to the hospital they will help you cancer is a disability they will help you get treatment

just to follow up How are you? Well i hope

Did you have any vomiting from the Chemo or radiation? Also did you lose any hair? Im fixing to have to start treatment. I’m terrified

@CertitudeHI

7 ай бұрын

Sry I didn't do chemo so I can't answer that

@kimmie_jo

7 ай бұрын

@@CertitudeHI did you have any vomiting with the radiation? Any hair loss?

@CertitudeHI

7 ай бұрын

No

@donnabarnes540

6 ай бұрын

@@kimmie_joI only lost my hair around the bottom where the radiation treatment was pinpointed . It’s grown about 6 inches now half about 5 inches off my actual length . Hope you’re doing ok . I had 2 full day chemo too btw ❤

@kimmie_jo

6 ай бұрын

@@donnabarnes540 thank you! I haven’t started treatment yet. But it’s coming soon.

I have it too It's horrid ❤❤❤❤

@CertitudeHI

11 ай бұрын

🙏 it feels special to be on the other side of this

@juneramirez8580

11 ай бұрын

Mellissa you will get through to the other side. Just go with it!

Wh did your taste come back

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

about 3 ish wks after the last radiation treatments

@juneramirez8580

11 ай бұрын

Mine is just starting to come back about that same time. That is the worst part for me. I love the taste of food and it's gone.

@donnabarnes540

6 ай бұрын

@@juneramirez8580food tastes different for me now . Although water used to taste sweet and it’s tasting more like water should do now .

@will7285

3 ай бұрын

Finished 28 treatments 4/3/24 everything tastes like battery acid with thick saliva that makes you gag hoping it starts to improve soon thought I was doing well with symptoms/side effects the whole way through as I was still eating now I'm on tube feeds can't take anything solid except freeze pops. Wish my doc would of mentioned post treatment would be the worst of it ugh

HOW ARE not burnt. pls show more

@Ryan-ol5qx

4 ай бұрын

I have really tough skin from working outside on roofs for decades..it's the only good thing that came out of roofing for so long ...😂😂😂

Next 2 to 3 weeks after treatment ends is the worst.

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

100 percent ...its was the worst so weird.

@vanessas2363

Жыл бұрын

Really? Why?? Please share. Thank you. Hope you're getting better now 🙏

@vanessas2363

Жыл бұрын

​@@CertitudeHI Why is this? Im helping my friend through his later stage of treatment so doing some research. Excellent videos 💪❤ thanks 🇬🇧

@crackermcwhitey1364

Жыл бұрын

@@vanessas2363 Radiation therapy has a huge amount of energy that takes a couple of weeks to dissipate. Mine took 3-4 weeks afterwards. Along with desert mouth, mucous build up cracked or blistering in the mouth and throat inside and outer skin makes for a difficult period. Many more side effects to deal with BUT I'm surviving and live life between picture shows. Number 1 rule start out strong physically and mentally and educate yourself on your treatments. Be kind to your caregivers, nurses and doctors. They feel your pain too. Good luck on your journey.☺

@vanessas2363

Жыл бұрын

@@crackermcwhitey1364 thank you. It's actually my friend, i want to look after him during and after treatment. I'm going to live in his house. He's such a lovely person. Wanting to gather as much info to care for him the best way I can so thank you for sharing. Very useful details 🙏 and God bless you, and your health Take care 🤗🇬🇧

First of all i would like to tell you that it is great that you are over with your treatment and i truly hope that you are CANCER FREE NOW and that you will never have to go through this again. Take all the time with your family and enjoy your life may it be very long full of great thing and most of all happiness. Your video did help me to see what i was to go through. I have HPV-related throat cancer and i will start my treatment this 15 of November to the 3 January 2023, 7 weeks the Radiotherapy would be 5 straight day and off on the week-end and during this 7 week i will have 3 chemotherapy of 8 hours each. Tomorrow i go to the hospital to instal a Portal system this is a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin easy to connect a catheters for the chemotherapy and blood samples can be drawn many times and drugs can be injected. On Thursday i will get a gastrostomy tube inserted through the belly that brings nutrition directly to the stomach in case i won't be able to eat due to throat pain. I would realy like to know what did help you the most for the pain ? The pain was it way worse than a angina ? Did the pain wake you up during the night ? Again thx for this video you did about your treatment. May you never have to go through this again and may you stay cancer free and live a long life, May God bless you and your family. Sorry for my English i am from Belgium.

@CertitudeHI

Жыл бұрын

Man...what can I tell you that wont give you false expectations. I can say there will be times in a day and at night that you will feel great and times you will want to sleep the pain away. Its not always extremely painful and knowing that gave me comfort. That said I found that this entire experience is a metal and physical challenge/game. So what really helped with the pain was controlling my mental state. I took the approach that the pain is going to be temporary (the physical part) and that the worst might be yet to come (the mental part). I tried to compare the worst pain I ever felt or could feel... like having my arm cut off without pain medication.. to downplay the physical pain by telling myself there is worse pain in life. So basically I would feel physical pain and mentally compare it to the worst pain I could think of and when I did that the pain didn't feel so bad. Some times I told myself how am I going to last when I have weeks to go...and every time that happened I would mentally tell myself its only a small part of your life deal with it and don't be a baby. I would say to myself other have done this...you got this..it will be over quick and that in the grand scheme of things this is only a couple months of your life. On the other side of the treatments...I appreciate the details more. Seriously, just about everything in more detail and with more appreciation than I ever had. I would hear people talk about oh its so hot, or I have to go to work and basically complaining about day to day things that are annoying and (justifiable things to complain about) but when you going through this you will think how could any of those things matter when your going through cancer treatment and you think to yourself those things are so trivial compared to this. And I though how lucky they are not to be me right now and how lucky they are to just be concerned about the small stuff in life. Try to not be mad at those people they don't understand. That said I also got my will in order and I wrote out letters//videos to my wife and kids for different events in their life just in case. I will never know if this comes back or show up somewhere else but I do know I will be ready that is mentally helpful. Also its lonely at the top. I relate treatments and this journey to being lonely at the top. I run a business and all the decisions good or bad are my fault. I cant call someone and ask their opinion because they don't understand all the details I know to make the right decision. The doctor is just guessing how your body will react physically and how you will handle it mentally but they don't really know. Nobody will have the same reactions that you will have good and bad. I can tell you nobody can ever know what its like for you. I wanted to let you know its ok that nobody is going to relate to this journey and knowing that hopefully helps you have peace with that though. I don't know if ur a sports fan but one thing I told myself is that I am in the Super Bowl/World Series of my life and knowing that I am going to win and in order to do that I need to do everything I can to do. Rest when needed, take medication, go to treatments basically whatever it takes and the key is to do everything you can at an elite level so u can win the Super Bowl of ur life. Its a mental and physical journey... I wish you a quick and easy journey!!!! I will keep you in my prayers and your family.

@dyrnenorka

Жыл бұрын

@@CertitudeHI Thanks so much for all you told me, it really did help me with what i will have to go through. It's going to be a hell of a ride, you just help me to prepare for this so i have to be mentally strong. I did have some bad stuff happening in my life and some real bad and i came through, for this cancer i said to myself here we go again. Yes i do like sport like US football Dallas Cowboys and its cheerleaders, i did live in the US when i was a kid in West Virginia but left the US in 1984. Here in Belgium its 7 am and i an going to the hospital this morning to instal a Portal system this is a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin, i am getting prepared for the 15 November starting to climb Everest. Again thx so much for your help and all the info you gave me. Stay safe and take a great care of yourself.

@MsLadyBluesWorld

Жыл бұрын

How are you now. I pray everything works out for you and the side effects are not bad for you

@dyrnenorka

Жыл бұрын

@@MsLadyBluesWorld i have finish radiotherapy a month ago and i went to the doc last week and they said they dont see anything in my throat and that it's a good sign but have to pass some other test like scanner to be sure that i ' m cancer free, but i still don't have all my taste back but it's getting there

@donnabarnes540

6 ай бұрын

@@dyrnenorkahow are you doing now ?