 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Kim, I got my injection in my port and I never had a burning sensation from the Amifostine.
The mask felt very confining at first but I got used to it. I did take an Ativan almost every day because they also help with nausea and I needed all the help I could get with that, but with the Ativan I got to the point where I would dose off during the radiation in the final few weeks.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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