"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hi Ted - I'm going to mimic Christine pretty much. - first off I sincerely hope you aren't going through a recurrence. I'm hoping that you are just looking for some way of living post treatment. If that's the case - actually even if you ae dealing with a recurrence, being treated at a CCC is the way to go. As for anything else - the best thing you can do for your body - recurrence or not is eat healthfully - and exercise - and by that I don't mean go out and pump iron, I mean go for a walk - breath in the air, maybe do some meditative yoga, and make sure you're taking in enough protein to heal, and for me I limit my sugar intake (carbs are not all made the same). I never use raw sugar, or fake sugar! I eat low carb fruits - and grains and limit dairy. Anyone trying to sell you on 'alternative' beware especially in place of actual treatment. Complimentary treatments are okay (eating well, exercise etc..) but anything out of the normal should be run past your dr. Good luck!
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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