 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Gordon,
The radiation effects come on pretty slowly also and you will have plenty of time to deal with them as they come up.
My hospital has an "advice nurse" that I can call 5 days a week from 9:00 to 5:00 and that has been very helpful in keeping a lid on things.
Remember - it WILL pass! You will get through to the other side. Take it one day at a time and don't worry about tomorrow stay in TODAY! I am NOT embarrased to admit that I asked for and took anti-anxiety meds for quite a while.
Gary Allsebrook
***********************************
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)
________________________________________________________
"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
| 
