 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I had some delays during treatment, twice because I was too ill and 3 times because the machine was down. They also shortened my Cisplatin treatments to 2 instead of 3. My WBC & RBC was pretty low as well because of both the radiation and the Cisplatin. 25 months later I finally have a normal WBC (although on the low end). The Cisplatin works for about 3 weeks at a time. The radiation still does the heavy lifting - the Cisplatin is an adjunct.
It still killed the cancer (practically killed me along with it but I am ok now ;-).
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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