Re: Diary of a Tumor: Returning to Steph
- From: "Araik Margarian" <aramargar1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 21:46:22 -0500
"Steph" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Araik Margarian" <aramargar1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> "Araik Margarian" <aramargar1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> Araik Margarian <aramargar1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> <snip>
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>>>>>> So, that means that I have mets and stage 4?
>>>>> Not necessarily, its complicated but I'll try and keep it simple:
>>>>> Stage IV is distant mets like in lung or brain, bone or liver. (M1)
>>>>
>>
>>>> Should I feel that? Recently I have several feelings not having before:
>>>> Not necessaary a pain but some mild itchiness - coming and going -
>>>> in specially the stomach area;
>>>> Some feeling like very mild heat in thick bones underneath neck (not
>>>> shoulders).
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Stage IV also when the lymph nodes are N3 meaning >6cm in size or in
>>>>> the supraclav. fossa (ie down to your shoulders)
>>>>
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>>>> The sec.op. doc. measured the lymph node and said 7cm. When I measure
>>>> by hand it's around 4cm. He said that MRI will show more exact measure.
>>>> Besides, I feel similar mild-boiling feeling on my some neck nodes,
>>>> left
>>>> and right.
>>>> In contrary, the soar throat and teasting blood after biopsy completely
>>>> went away, feelings in ears went away completely and nose is very clean
>>>> and normal
>>>> to breath. That's why I even think I may have lymphoma?
>>>>
>>
>>>>> Stage IV also T4 tumor with any node stage.
>>>>
>>>> How is T4 evaluated, by CAT SCAN?
>>>>
>>
>> <snip>
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>>>
>>> Same length of time as a "standard" treatment. 5 minutes to get in the
>>> mask, and set up the machine and bed, then 2-3 minutes for the actual
>>> treatment.
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>> Thank you, Steph. Can you also evaluate my current symptoms mentioned
>> above?
>>
>> By the way, my onc. plan is 8 week RT along with chemo.
>> The sec. opinion doc.'s plan is inserting feeding tube
>> in advance, 7 week RT along with chemo after which adjuvant chemo.
>> Is that mean that it is very advanced?
>>
>>
>
> It means there are many ways of skinning a cat............
> Here (BC) you would get 6 weeks RT plus chemo if having conventional
> planning, and 5 weeks RT with or without chemo if having IMRT
Steph, 5 weeks with IMRT versus 8 weeks? How you explain that except
skinning a cat or grilling in an oven?
Do you do more than 2 Gu in one seesion in Canada? Isn't 60 -70 Gu overall
limit?
Doctor said mine is spread so they use 20 min IMRT session on 12 different
spots.
I read here some sceptisizm about using cisplatin along. But, somehow, I
have great
confident to it's help. I can make rough estimate that for Canadan
govermental fixed health care system,
it's scheduled the minimal that need to be done. But in that case, if 5
weeks enough for treatment, I don't want to go extra 3 week of RT.
--
Regards,
Araik Margarian.
http://journals.aol.com/aramargar1/MyAmericanDream/
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