 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I agree with the port idea. I wish I had had one!
Two times a day for the trays is a first. Rest of us were told once a day, usually right before bed. Check that out.
You will loose the hair on the back of your neck due to the radiation's exit path and you may loose your facil hair also due to the rad. I did and the whiskers above my chin line and the hair on the back of my neck came back but not the whiskers below my chin line.
Calories and water, tons of it each and every day. Stay on top of the Big C (constipation). I will never forget the pain I had because of the Big C!
Keep on undating us and before you know it, it will be history.
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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