 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | I was having edema in my legs and a question I was asked was whether I drink water just before going to bed. I said I start winding down before bed and he said to drink at least 8 oz before bed but try and go to the bathroom 1-2 times before bed. He explained that the platinum chemos can keep causing problems with the kidneys and many people go to bed dehydrated and it causes fluid to pool throughout the body. Accumulations of fluid tend to occur around the heart, organs and anywhere you have trauma. I started drinking water before bed and have had swelling on one foot one time since September.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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