 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Kerry,
My wife also slept in the guest room. It even bothered the dogs. I didn't have a suction machine - just the constant coughing and gagging stuff.
You have to take large doses of tylenol to affect the liver but remember that many drugs like Vicodin have tylenol in them (AKA Acetaminophen) read the labels and talk to your pharmacist.
I guess one bonus is that I stopped snoring after the radiation, of course I no longer have a uvula - it melted along with numerous other things.
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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