 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Amy,
You don't state and I don't remember, if you posted it before, what stage of treatment your father is in. Is he about to start radiation? Does he have open sores in his mouth that need to heal before he starts?
Personally I'm with Helen. I drank beer or wine between my neck dissection and starting radiation 8 weeks later, but I also had no surgery in the mouth. Beer was also the first alcohol I could drink aftr radiation. If he is keeping it in moderation I don't see a problem. Ask his doc. But guaranteed after about 9 radiation treatments, he won't be able to drink it for until several weeks, many months after treatment.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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