OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 | Thank you, Christine. It takes 6 hours to print so they told me if I wanted a new one or the fit wasn't right they could do quick turn-around.
The company CEO was a young man who's father had been treated at Stanford with good results. It inspired him to make medical devices for patients unforgiving radiation treatment.
I start radiation treatment 6/13 for 30 sessions. I have written a list of all the tips on the site and have recipes, have started upping my water consumption, and have ordered a water-pik. Going to try my best to follow everyone's shared learning and experience to try to minimize the impact.
I am so grateful to those who have shared what they have learned and will pay it forward.
Stef
Keep fighting friends!
Me -- currently 53 years old SCC diagnosed 3/7/2017 at age 48 Staging SCC HPV+ T0,N1 primary unknown PET 3/16, no activity, biopsies 3/23 benign TORS surgery identified 2mm tumor in BOT (vallecula) Cancer restaged T1, N2, M0 Begin 30 sessions of radiation (60 Gy) 6/13 Completed radiation 7/24/2017 1st MRI clear 10/23/2017!! 2nd MRI clear 10/17/2018! |