Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 396 | happy valentines day elcee! andy did 3 rounds of chemo with cisplatin (he was already deaf in one ear before treatment) and his hearing actually came back. thru radiation/chemo (carbo), he lost the hearing in one ear and almost deaf in the other. but his hearing is coming back...faintly...after 11 days out. is carol on PEG full time because she cant eat orally?? i would think to eat orally as long as possible and supplement with the PEG. glad to see she got pain meds. stay on top of this.
love the "snail mail" comment. all tooooo true! although they dont hesitate to call when u owe them something!
great to hear week 1 is down! on to the next....keep us posted.
Teresa ----------- CG to ANDY. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) T2N2cMxG4 stage 4. 43 @ dx 8/31/09 tx 9/21/09-11/06/09 cispatin/docetaxel/5-FU X3 PORT 9/9/09, PEG 12/07/09 35 IMRT-1/wk carbo 11/30/09-2/3/10 tx stopped due to complications IMRT BOOST 3/08-3/12/10 PET 4/12/10 CLEAR! PEG out 4/14/10
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