"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Right Don,
Bill also had a very quick recovery once rads and chemo were finished. Please note that he was in the hospital...very sick with a fever and tons of mucous at week 6 but once he finished treatment..he started recovering at a rapid rate and was eating by mouth within two weeks. It was almost miraculous. He does have diminshed saliva now..three years out and diminished taste but not bad enough to keep him from eating anything. He is able to work and outdoes me any day of the week. So, everyone is different in their recoveries!
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997. DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0 TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5. TREATMENT END: 10/1/07 PEG OUT: 1/08 PORT OUT: 4/09 FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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