OK, just finished Week #3 today and everything has gone fairly well so far. Even managed to add 2 lbs.!
Throat does feel raspy and dry. Even swallowing plain water feels rough.
Tongue pain due to lacerations and sores from oral surgery has finally improved.
Second bag of cisplatin coming up next Tuesday, Day # 22 (yeck!). Hope this is my last one, there's a chnace not needing a third one.
Bracing myself for the really rough times coming up. Wish me luck!
QOL
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Oropharyngeal SCC, HPV-based, tonsil, tongue, and throat.
Stage IVa
Trismus, neglected dental health
Age: 64, smoker aged 16-32 yr.
Diagnosed: 01/2014 (personally suspected well before that)
Self-treat (Cancell + mushrooms): 2/2014
Mexican clinic (Alternative): 6/2014
Will begin conventional treatment soon, mostly IMRT radiotherapy, with a little chemotherapy (cisplatin) in sessions 1, 22, possibly 43.
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