 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | glad to help Tessa.
I think it helps a lot to have someone (or two) to help you get through this. You may fairly well breeze through the treatments or you might have more difficult side effects. In either case you might need or want a support person close by. I generally felt better in the company of other people (they might say they felt worse!) it helped me to feel among the living.
I am sorry about your mother. I hope she recovers quickly. It is certainly an extra mental burden that you didn't need to have to deal with right now.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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