OP  "OCF Canuck" Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 47 | Hi Amy,
It was frustrating to keep getting these infections, but the wound is healing up nicely and I am continuing with the radiation and chemo.
I am staying at a lodge which is part of the hospital. This way, there is no driving, which can take up to 2 hours each way, during the week when I am getting the radiation treatments. My wife and daughter come visit fairly often and they bring home made food, which is pureed and filtered so I can feed it through my G-tube. Other than that, I don't really need a lot of help.
Yesterday, I developed a rash, not in the radiation area but in the lower back and part of my upper thigh. Has anyone experienced this? I am doing acupuncture to try to relieve it.
Joseph
Joseph 59 male
pain in tongue strt 2/10/12, Dx SCC 3/19/12, confirmed Stg IV 4/5/12,
Total Glsctmy & recon w/ flap from L thigh, neck disct, trach 4/27/12
G-Tube 5/1/12
55 nodes all clear
completed 2 chemo 33 rad
non-smoker, non-drinker, exercise daily, mostly vegetarian diet...go figure
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