 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | The maximum daily fraction is about 2.5 cGy (or Greys as they are now called) The older unit of measurement was "rads" of which the average total was 3000. I really don't know what numbers they are giving you. Ask the RO at your next visit.
I kind of remember being fairly beat up by week three. I would sleep a lot after I was done with treatment each day.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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