 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Paul:
The patches need to be monitored by your doctor. It should be decreased very gradually. You feel ok now with using the two 25 patches. If you decrease to just one right now you may unfortunately feel pretty bad. Its the worst right when treatment ends.
Your calories are pretty good at 2100 per day. Even more would be good, right now your body is burning calories so fast trying to heal. My doc told be try for 2500-3000 calories per day so healing would be easier. Your liquid intake is very good.
Im glad the yoo-hoo works for you. That was one of the few things I could drink and taste throughout my treatments. Its as thin as water but has more calories and vitamins.
Have you tried any over the counter meds for your mucous? The peg tube sure comes in hand when its time to take yucky medicine!!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
