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Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 48 | during my treatrment of rad i had a break of 3 weeks because my rad burned the heck out of my mouth. I ended up in the hosp for nine days. when I started useing my teeth guards my mouth was fine. they added three days of rad at the end for a total of 33days of treatments. My question is does anybody think having three weeks off in the middle of my rad will affect the out come of the rad treatments?
dx mucoideperdermoid stage 1 .9cm tumor removed from
lower left tongue 5-3-11 rad 5-31-11 till 8-10-11 three weeks off in june 9 days in hospital healing mouth from radiation burns. 33 days of radiation.wife is caregiver
peg tube july 7-11 age 59 male.
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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Others have had similar breaks for various reasons and have had the same question. My recollection from a few of them was that, although discouraged, a small break like this will not have a great effect on outcome. A number of them can.
One reason they discourage breaks if that some patients don�t want to return.
Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | I had a week break in the middle of mine due the same thing. After that week off, I felt so much better, but one week later and the same thing happened. It also landed me in the hospital, but my RO made me continue treatments. I was on high dose pain meds so I really did not care. Once we got the pain under control and the acid reflux I was good to go.
Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
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Joined: May 2011 Posts: 287 | I think Kelly has pretty much explained it correctly.
My dad developed Grade 3 Oral Mucositis and RO said that he will watch for 3 more days with strong dose of antibiotics (for his oral infection) and pain meds while radiation will continue. In worst case, RO was prepared to get him hospitalized and continue radiation. In my dad's case, he has so far discouraged any breaks.
Father; 67 yrs; RIP: 2012/05/26
TX:SCC pT2N1M0G2;Glossectomy+SND+CCRT(59.3Gy+6xCis.)[2009]
TX:Nodal Mets; 3xDCF[2011/05/05]
TX: RND + PMMC Flap[2011/07/11]
DX:SCC PNI+ECE
TX:Re-RT 60Gy[2011/09/21]
TX:Gefitinib 250mg[2011/12/18]
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Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 48 | he is a better man than me.
dx mucoideperdermoid stage 1 .9cm tumor removed from
lower left tongue 5-3-11 rad 5-31-11 till 8-10-11 three weeks off in june 9 days in hospital healing mouth from radiation burns. 33 days of radiation.wife is caregiver
peg tube july 7-11 age 59 male.
| | | | | Joined: May 2011 Posts: 287 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 287 | @Patrick, he is going through all this for the second time.
33 days of radiation (59.3Gy) in 2009 and 30 days of radical unilateral radiation (60 gy) now.
Father; 67 yrs; RIP: 2012/05/26
TX:SCC pT2N1M0G2;Glossectomy+SND+CCRT(59.3Gy+6xCis.)[2009]
TX:Nodal Mets; 3xDCF[2011/05/05]
TX: RND + PMMC Flap[2011/07/11]
DX:SCC PNI+ECE
TX:Re-RT 60Gy[2011/09/21]
TX:Gefitinib 250mg[2011/12/18]
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