 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Julie, Welcome to the BEST OC site in the world. If you can't get the answer here then no ones knows it! lol Did they mention HPV to you and were you tested? On the recovery front just about everyone's worst time is the few weeks post Tx. In fact when you finally start to feel a tad better we call it "walking out of the tunnel" so hang in there and soon you will start the recovery phase but do expect things might even get worse from now until they start to get better. Keep the pain under control and do continue to get all the water and liquid food in you that you can. Swallow as much as you can so you don't risk further swallowing complications later on.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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