Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)    Joined:  Nov 2002  Posts: 3,552  |    I had pretty much the same cancer and treatment and am accumulating some collateral damage from the radiation, some several years out.  Most neuropathy issues, however, are chemotherapy related.  I have not had any neuropathy issues in almost 7 years post dx.  I never had a neuropathy test - does he  have symptoms? Did he have chemo?        
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** 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) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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