 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | David,
I am also a member of the right tonsil survivors club and I couldn't take the pain - the good news is they have some pretty powerful pain meds and excellent pain management techniques (and they are a basic patient right). Just be sure to use to 0-10 scale in describing your pain, 0 being none and 10 being unbearable.
I also took anti-anxiety meds throughout treatment and slept through many of the radiation treatments.
It'll suck but you'll get through it.
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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