| Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 Likes: 1 | Susan, the procedure is short but weird. They drape what feels like a warm, wet and very porous towel over your face and pull the sides down as tight as they can. You lie there for a few minutes (not hours, although it sure felt like that to me) until the durn thing hardens, and off she comes.
It's actually a breeze so don't fret. I only felt uncomfortable because I'd had my neck dissection and tracheotomy just a few weeks before that and was still having trouble with swallowing and breathing when lying flat.
We can discuss strategies for dealing with the actual WEARING of the thing during treatments anytime you like. Plenty of people will have advice.
Courage!
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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