Woo-hoo! They just pulled the neck drain tube out. Deb is on the way to hear my discharge instructions. Going home in a little over an hour.

One thing I found that works really well for my raw throat: They let me take Tylenol in between doses of oxycodone. I had a slight fever last night and they gave me some. It is in a 20ml suspension -- thick. It coats the wound so that I am only rating pain on that at a 3/10 (before it was an 8 or so). So I think I'll be looking for some of that at the drug store.

Peter, age 62 at Dx
3/27/15 Dx T2N2aM0 Tonsilar P16+ G3 SCC
4/6/15 Full PET clear except for above
4/24/15 TOLM tonsillectomy/clear margins. Neck dissection 20 nodes (1 w/cancer & extracapsular extension)
5/28/15 PEG in
5/27 - 7/10/15 Daily Radiation to 66 units cumulative; Cisplatin weekly X 7
8/24/15 PEG out
9/24/15 Full body PET - N.E.D.
12/22/15 CT and physical exam. Continued clear.
3/11/16 Physical exam. Continued clear.
7/12/16 One year post-treatment! CT clear.
7/7/17 2 years post - still clear