OP  "OCF Canuck" Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 126 | Seda Bug,
How many mcgs. of the Fentanyl patch were you using?
As far as fiber goes, (referring to your next post), because of the chemo,
they tell you not to use metamucil or any similar product as it can cause a hard wad of stuff in your intestine that can't move through. Apparently the chemo causes motility to slow right down and if you get dehydrated that can exacerbate the problem. They seem to prefer Senokot and Colace. at our clinic and have a protocol for that.
There is a limit for acetaminophen - I think it's 4,000 mg./day. Anything more than that is bad for the liver apparently.
Anne
Anne - CG to Gordon (59), non-smoker/non-drinker. SCC, BOT, HPV 16+, stage 3. Jan./10 - radical neck dissection to remove 48 lymph nodes, 1 node pos. Apr. 23/10 - finished 35 rad. and 3 cisplatin. Jul. 22/10 - PET scan clear.
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