 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | My RO was OK with me having a drink or 2 on occasion post Tx, just not excessive. I didn't want anything to do with beer until maybe a year post Tx but now a cold beer tastes just as good as it did pre Tx.
I think the one thing that I did stop that we seldom talk about here that may have set my mouth up for cellular changes is I stopped using the alcohol based Listerine. Man pre Tx I used to put a mouthfull of that stuff in my mouth after each brushing and walk around for 10 minutes or so before spitting it out and afterwards my mouth would have a burning feeling to it which I thought was good, you know like the inside of my mouth had just been pressure washed. JMO
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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