 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF. Glad you have found this site to help get you thru your husbands treatments.
Prior to starting rads, its a good idea to get a full blood count. This way you will know what your husbands normal numbers are to compare it to later. Get dental trays made for flouride trays. Get a hearing test done. Cisplatin is known for causing high frequency hearing loss in many of our members. Most important is to try to get your husband to gain a few pounds. Eating will become a challenge for him, its only temporary. Even with a feeding tube significant weight loss can happen. There are many high calorie foods he can enjoy prior to the start of radiation. Cheesecake, milkshakes and puddings are all high calorie easy to eat foods that can help him to gain a few pounds.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
