 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Fatigue from RT and ct are well known side effects of Tx as well as weight loss. The average person takes one week of recovery for every week of treatment. What Eileen suggests is the best thing you can do - nothing rigotous, just a daily walk, as long as your caloric intake supports it.
It's also weird when your sense of smell in heightened yet you can't taste anything. Many of us couldn't stand the smell of food cooking.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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