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Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 25 | Hi KeepFaith27,
Sorry for the late reply...I actually took time away from the forum while undergoing RT and Brachytherapy. I ended up not going back to work until all of my treatment was over---good thing too because even with not working, I still ended up in the hospital with neutropenic fever for 6 days in mid October. And then brachytherapy was pretty brutal and messed with my head after I coded while in the hospital. I wasn't prepared for how tough the brachytherapy or tracheostomy was going to be. After coding I was afraid to be alone for several weeks and hated all of the cancer commercials on TV. Happy to say in a much better place now.
I went back to work at the end of January and caught a terrible cold/cough within 4 days of being back LOL My teacher immunity is shot.
DX 6/5/15 Stage 4a SCC left lateral tongue, tumor involves 90% of my oral tongue
LVI and PNI identified
Med Port and PEG 6/23/15
Started Cycle 1 of Induction Chemo (TPF) 6/24/15--3 cycles in total
35 External Radiation sessions and concurrent chemotherapy (2 additional rounds of Cisplatin)
Brachytherapy
Remission as of 2/17/16
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