 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | My experience on this site has shown me that appx 10% of us breeze thru this Tx without nary a bump in their life path (really hate those people...lol); 10% start having issues from almost day one and they end up having a horrible time and the rest of us start having issues after our 2nd bag (Big Bag Method) of Ciplatin and really suffer getting progressively worse until appx 2 to 3 weeks POST Tx. Certainly each of us can react differently and the type of chemo (or not) and it's delivery method and whether or not surgery was invloved and their mental attitude and their caregiver situation and on and on can and do make a huge difference in how we handle our Tx.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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