Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | My wife managed to take some classes and get away from time to time and I had volunteer drivers lined up to drive me to therapy when she couldn't. She did go to most all of my treatments and doctor visits and was an excellent caregiver. You will be a great care giver too and take care of yourself as well. My wife lost her business and had to declare personal bankruptcy but recently was made manager of a nationwide day spa and is doing even better today than before the big "C".
The time when he will need you the most is; note taking at doctors appointments and after about 3 weeks of RT to about a month or so post Tx. In any case I didn't require 24 hour care.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** 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) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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