OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi guys,
Just visited a friend in the hospital who has leukemia, has an infection, is severely swollen, and is having severe pain. Doctors have no idea what is wrong. While I realize this is not H&C cancer, I figure pain is PAIN. They had him on Oxycontin (2 40mg in am I think) but it made him loopy. Morphine pump was having no effect on pain yesterday. Could you please post what drugs you were able to take in what dosages so I can give him some ideas. I know there are patches, but someone just posted that the Fentynal patch made her husband very sick. This guy is at a local hospital and can't get moved to Fox Chase until Feb 8. He was so disappointed that I had no info for him because he assumed that I had had simliar pain. Tell me what worked that didn't make you loopy.
Thanks,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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