 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | Hi Belinda,
When you go for your treatment tomorrow, ask someone on your medical team if they can arrange for you to get a portable suction unit. It's got the suction similar to what you experience at the dentist office in a portable rechargeable-battery unit.
Also, ask for daily IV hydration. That will help quite a bit. If you don't have a PEG, ask your team and insurance company if you can have home IV infusions for the week or two after you finish treatment. How many calories are you able to get in a day?
I'm sorry you are going through this. This period and the 2-3 weeks following radiation can be tough.
Where is your cancer? Are you getting chemo as well?
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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