 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I was treated in my jeans - I just had to wear the hospital gown top. As you lose weight (and they keep the treatment rooms very cool) ask for a blanket as well. The techs are very accomodating - they even gave me a pillow for my butt when I got down to 109 lbs.
I had the option of being treated at Stanford - it was a coin toss- I chose UCSF. Geographically it was the same distance to either. The RO there is in the Castle top 500 doctors in the US book (for RO/IMRT) and that factored in as well.
You'll quickly get used to the mask.
Did you get dental trays made? You'll need those for the flouride treatments.
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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