 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Margaret, you're right on the money when it comes to the competition in the music biz. Cutthroat is a mild euphemism. It's also true that this treatment is debilitating - like you it's taken me months and months, more than a year even to get back up to 80% of what I was.
Ultimately of course Chuck will have to decide for himself. We're all different. Chuck, I think all the advice you're getting from people more knowledgable than I is good. A second opinion is never a bad idea!
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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