 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | My oncocologist told me that people who don't complete treatment have a very poor survival rate.
I know it's tough - I got down to 106 lbs. I could actually wear my wife's size 0 pants. I lost over 60 lbs. He shouldn't be "suffering horribly" - either he is not being up front with the docs about his pain levels or they are not managing it well or undermedicating him. Pain management is a basic patient right - demand it.
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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