 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 Likes: 1 | Wendy, you're here with friends and we all know exactly what you're going through. Sometimes life just plain sucks. But othertimes it doesn't. There's no way to predict it.
Let me say though that you shouldn't have any regrets or second guesses about the painkillers. If you need them, take them. I learned this from my oncologist and her nurse early on and they were right. All the worry and hassle and distress is bad enough without being in pain too. A couple of percs in the evening is nothing, in my opinion. And Tramadol is even weaker.
However we can help you, please let us.
David 2
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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