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Hi all, I have been diagnosed with SCC head and Neck, in my Lymhp nodes on the right hand side of my neck. It has been 2 and a 1/2 months, I have had three rounds of chemo each round lasting 6 days. My Oncologist says if i want to dot the "I" and cross the "T" the i will do it. After this I have 35 days of chemo and radio combined. This is the hardest thing I have dealt with. I am 43 and did noit even feel sick from the cancer, I worked full time, and led and active life.

Happy Christmas to all...and safety in 2014...I wish you all well

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I've joined cancer connections because my husband has cancer and we both feel like shit. I love him so much it hurts and I hate seeing him suffer. He is in a lot of pain which is not quite being controlled by his current medication. Up until a few weeks ago one of his proudest things was that he didn't have to take any medication except panadol for the occasional head ache. He is on panadol osteo three times a day, Targin twice a day, endone three times a day, Valium three times a day (for spasms in his back) and coloxyl to help prevent constipation from the endone.

This is my first time here - actually wasn't sure if this was going to be something that I was going to do. But feeling a bit lost today. So, where do we start? Ok so it's week two of my 6 week treatment for Stage 4 Cervical Cancer. Stage 4 as this is a cheeky little 1 cm bugger escaped and spread to a lymph node up near my right kidney but hasn't spread to any another major organs. My initial prognosis was stage 2b2 so that's what I tell people not to scare them. In fact "telling" people seems to be the hardest part of this journey so far for me.

I sit in the chemo day unit having chemotherapy pumped into my veins, but feel like I don't 'belong' there. You see, I am surrounded by 'sick' people, cancer patients. As people keep telling me, doctors and nurses included, I look well. I haven't lost my hair. I haven't lost weight (I am ashamed to admit I may have actually gained a bit). A good majority of the other cancer patients are elderly. They have a daughter or son sitting by their side for support. Most of these daughters and sons are somewhat older than me.