Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | I had to stop rads for a week because my throat swelled shut and I could not breathe lying down. After that week I did the rest of the 5 weeks left. It was difficult, but we made it. They do say the breaks in radiation are not good, but sometimes they can not be helped. It seems a shame that you had to break so close to the end.
Angelia 31 at Dx. DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth, T1NOMO, T2N1M0 TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09 PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement PEG/PORT: 11/09 TX end: 02/01/10 PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear PEG Out: 06/21/10 Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN Baby girl born 11-30-12
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