 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Wendy,
Fight like hell, pray and do the best you can. Talk to the doctor and/or advice nurse if you have one, and start troublshooting. I presume he is in his last week? Most people have a six week Tx program. I was bottoming out about then myself and remained there for several weeks after cessation of treatment. I lost most of my weight during that time period. I didn't have a PEG tube and looking back on it I probably should have. But I survived and so will he. Not every day was a disaster. Some days were horrific and some fair. Look for those fair days. Stay on top of water and nutrition.
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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