Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 346 Likes: 3 | Bebefrida, it may depend on the location you're at, and it be a policy thing. They did my bloodwork on the same day I had chemo ... but I also had radiation five days a week, so I had a lot of stuff going on each day. I guess they could have had me come in on a different day to do the bloodwork, as it was all the same building, but it seemed to be easier for them to just do it all at once. It was certainly easier for me. I think they were checking white blood cell counts (though I can't recall for sure) and other things. Honestly, it's all vague right now. It's okay to ask your doctor(s) these questions, and they should give you a copy of the results each time ... if they don't, ask for one. (Then you can always ask more questions on the days you feel better.)
Surgery 5/31/13 Tongue lesion, right side SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated T1N0 based on biopsy and scan Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes 12/2/13 follow-up with concerns 12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned 1/8/14 Port installed PEG installed Chemo and rads 2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June 2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia Fall 2017: HBOT Jan 18: oral surgery
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