 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Toning and muscle building is probably not the best use of his limited energy right now. He should dscuss this with his oncologist and get a clearance. You will get all kinds of opinions but his oncologist should have the final say.
He's lucky he gained weight that is an exception to the rule.
I would be very surprised if the chemo made the difference in debulking his tumor and it is an adjunctive therapy to radiation.
The radiation is doing the "heavy lifting".
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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