 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Sounds like your mom is in a really tough spot. There have been older persons here who have survived the treatment but it is pretty brutal.
I would suggest having a group meeting with the medical team, ICU staff, hospital social worker and chaplain to discuss the various options that she may have and proceed from there.
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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