Yes Shauneen, it's one of the few places - cyberspace or elsewhere - where there's no such thing as "too much information!".
When constipation struck my brother, we called IT the BIG C and his cancer the little c. It can be shocking when you're already going through so much. Why on earth the doctors don't have you forewarned and forearmed about it is a mystery to me.
Brother 49yo DX 22/6/11 Tonsil SCC HPV+ Stage IV T4N1(?)M0. Carbo/docetaxel (Taxotere)19/7, 11/8 (with E-tux), 1/9; E-tux 11/8, 25/8, 15/9, 30/9, 14/10, 28/10; IMRT X 35 (70gy tumour;63gy nodes;56gy gen area) 19/9-4/11/11. Clear PET scan 1/2/12. 1 and 2 year post treatment checks good.
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