 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | It's pretty normal for the numbers to start crashing the further along he is in treatment. If he is like most of us he will be anemic and have low RBC as well at the end of treatment. His immune system will be toast for about 3 months, then it will start to recover. As far as RBC - it takes the body 120 days to replace the RBC. It it gets really bad they may give him Procrit or even a transfusion. The RBC crashes because the blood passing through the carotid gets zapped during RT. White cells are supressed by the ct.
The MO will make the call.
My experience was very similar to ChristineB's, with the excpetion of the Compazine - I had some mild success with that.
Last edited by Gary; 01-25-2009 11:42 PM.
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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