 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Ditto what everyone else said, Amy. You CAN get through this. Get a prescription for some pills to relax you and then once you get into the room, keep your eyes CLOSED and forcus your mind on a mental image of someplace that you love to be. Somewhere with peace and calm. I used to picture myself in the forest. Light playing at the tops of the trees while I walk in the quiet shadows of the undergrowth. You can hear the leaves growing. Hold the picture of that spot in your mind. Smell the cedar. Before you know it - the treatment will be over.
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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