 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Gary, you are so right about how tough the job must be for the radiation folks. I made it a point to go in with a big smile and be as pleasant as I could just to start their day off right. I was the first one every day around 7 am and it was a blast. I still make it a point to go and say hello on all my doctor visits so they can see how good I am doing. Yesterday even the radiation oncologist jogged down the hall to shake my hand and tell me how good I looked. I thanked him profusely for the treatment.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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