 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Michele,
sometimes it's one breath at a time. It is normal to get discouraged and it could very well get rougher before it's over. As a matter if fact it WILL get tougher. He has to keep focused on the "over" part. Sometimes you just have to drag your butt through the day. I had fair to horrific days. Did you know that the techs actually feel guilty about what happens to us in treatment?
He will get through this. Plans? I didn't make any plans for anything until I was sure I was going to survive - and that was quite a while post Tx.
This disease will teach you a whole new level of patience in unimaginable ways.
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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