Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 476 | Hi and welcome to OCF, sorry you have to be here. Just my two cents but I can't even begin to imagine flying on a plane and traveling during treatments. Everyone responds to treatments differently but it took all my husband's strength and energy to drag himself out of the house every day for treatments. Traveling (flying) these days is very challenging, tiring and frustrating a lot of the time even if you are in good health. Another thing you want to consider is being exposed to germs. My husband's blood counts plumeted during treatment and his WBC still hasn't fully recovered two years later. We were told to avoid at all costs being around sick people etc. Flying on a plane with that recycled air makes some healthy people sick.
Good luck with treatments and making such a difficult decision.
Wanda (47) caregiver to husband John (56) age at diag.(2009) 1-13-09 diagnosed Stage IV BOT SCC (HPV+) 2-12-09 PEG placed, 7-6-09 removed Cisplatin 7 weeks, 7 weeks (35) IMRT 4-15-09 - treatment completed 8-09,12-09-CT Scans clear, 4-10,6-11-PET Scans clear 4-2013 - HBO (30 dives) tooth extraction 10-2019 - tooth extraction, HBO (10 dives) 11-2019 - Left lateral tongue SCC - Stage 2
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