 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | One other thing I forgot to mention DO NOT SCRATCH IT (your neck that is) no matter how itchy it gets. They gave me this prescription cream called Desonide 0.05% and it helped with that problem. Any kind of moisterizers would probably work but I would avoid oil or petroleum based ones.
5FU - that's pretty funny Ed!!! Where DO they get the names for these things anyway?!?!
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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