Hello All, I did my last work up before starting my rad on Monday 30 IMRT treatments. Some questions I had for the rad on'gist based on what i've read on this board.
1) How much water intake per day should I be taking during the rad treatments?

His Answer: I don't know????


2) I'm feeling kind of down and have trouble sleeping at night. Is there anything you can prescribe for me to help? He ended up giving me a script for 7 sleeping pills. Ended up prescribing 30 paroxetine and said it usually takes 30 days before you feel the effects of them!!!

Answer: Are you thinking of sucide? Nice of you to relize how you are feeling. I normally don't prescribe that kind of meds, you might want to see your surgeon and ask him???

3)Do you prescribe anything to try and keep my salivary glands somewhat functioning. I can give you some samples of salagen but they don't work for many people.

4) As I proceed along in the radiation treatment
what kind of pain meds can I receive if the pain becomes bad.

Answer: We can prescribe tylenol w/codine #3.

From reading all the posts for the last two months
that doesn't seem to cut it based on what i've heard. Any comments?? Dan

P.S. I'm not looking for a buzz, I just want to minimize any pain during the latter part of the rad.