 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Hello Sharie:
Well you sound pretty upbeat for being this far into treatment and suffering the side effects you mentioned. That will certainly help you throughout the remainder of treatment and make our job of supporting you that much easier.
In the end it won't really matter much what the cause of your cancer is or was. You have it, that's the reality, so we treat it and then move forward back into a productive future. Worrying about any of this is just counter-productive. It doesn't help anything, but it sure can make the rest of your life miserable.
You haven't written much, but you don't strike me as the worry-wart type. We will get to know you better over the rest of your treatment.
Hang in there, it looks like you are approaching half way done.
Tony
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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