Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | Chris, I too am a teacher. I did not work through my treatments. I wanted to try, but my physicians were adamant that I did not. I am now glad about that. I had almost every side-effect in the book. You being a second grade teacher, I would be concerned about all the germs that go around with those angels. Your immune system will nto be what it was before, and easy to catch every little thing.
Angelia 31 at Dx. DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth, T1NOMO, T2N1M0 TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09 PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement PEG/PORT: 11/09 TX end: 02/01/10 PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear PEG Out: 06/21/10 Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN Baby girl born 11-30-12
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