I had gone back and forth on the Amifostine for two weeks prior to starting treatment. It seemed like the risk of intolerance was pretty high compared to the benefit my caregivers 'estimated' it to provide. I decided I had to at least try it. I figured if I never even tried I'd always wonder 'what if'. So I did try it, every day for my whole first week of treatment last week. But it was making me more and more sick all the time and I just couldn't hack it any more. Nausea, sickly feeling - just nasty. So I'm off. More power to the folks who can tolerate it - my hat's off to ya'.
I suppose I won't have gotten any significant benefit from using it only a week. But I am fortunate enough to have IMRT and some (hopepfully) skilled mapping to minimize unnecessary damage.

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