 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I just took Zanax and slept through most of the treatments - it'll loosen up as he loses weight and it won't be so bad. He'll get used to it. My main fear was getting sick with it on but it never came to pass. The techs watch you constantly on CCTV and can get you out of it in a hurry if need be.
Like EriK I brought my own CD's and that helped a lot too.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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