 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Bob,
just to give you a heads up. The radiation and chemo part are far more difficult than the surgical aspects and the recovery time is typically much longer - a month of recovery for every week of treatment is very common. I needed almost full time cargiving towards the end and early post Tx.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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