OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 794 | Linda, Brenda and Petey, Thank you. Linda, she goes for set-ups today. My dad and sister are taking her, I opted to stay home and clean her room...it's hard to do when she's in there, she gets upset. She is to begin her 5 wks of outpatient radiation next week. They said that they may give her a little treatment today--though, they may not since she has a little poison ivy on her face. I would be especially grateful for any info you can share about the brachetherapy. I've read about it, listened to the rad onc, but it's not the same as hearing from someone who has been through it. One of my biggest fears in the amount of weight she is beginning to lose. I can't get her to eat much. I almost forgot, she is having it done at HUP. I better get moving. Thanks for the well wishes, I will share them with her.
Donna CG to Mom, dx 4/25/07 with tongue cancer,T3N0,tx began 7/6/07, 31 tx's of IMRT, 8 cycles of Erbitux. Brachytherapy, surgery, left neck dissection and temp trach placed all on 9/17/07, trach removed 10/17/07. ORN of jaw, late effect of radiation symptoms. **lost my beautiful mother on 5/5/11.
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