 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Nicki,
I went back to work a couple of weeks after radiation and actually worked for about 2 1/2 months before the fatigue kicked my butt. Of all the things that I remembered, one day I was heading back just before Christmas (work was 400 miles away). I had not planned on coming back so I asked someone for a ride to the airport 2 1/2 hours away. As we were getting ready to go, I threw up violently and was so embarassed. This guy that worked for me was so nonchalant about it but it still bothered me. He is still the only person in my life that has seen me throw up at work. Lucky him, he got to see it several times.
Tom is really doing well and you are so awesome!
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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