 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Eric,
Congratulations on finishing Tx. I'm shocked that you're doin' it with just Vicodin. I was using a 75 mg Duragesic patch with 15 mg morphine tablets for break through pain. And it was barely enough. My side effects from the radiation actually peaked about 3-4 weeks post Tx so you're not out of the woods yet. It was slow going at first. They say you notice inprovement in three week increments and I found that to be the case. You're lucky the nausea is gone. I think I had radiation sickness as well. It does get better - I promise.
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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