 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Ray,
Ditto what Gary says about telling us about your Dx and Tx. Add it once to your signature line and it's there for every question or comment.
I am 6 months post Tx and my dry mouth is probably a 7 on a scale of 10 being normal. It wasn't until the end of month 4 that it got to the point that I actually liked eating again but everyone can recover differently. Don't expect recovery to come in leaps and bounds because it won't. BTW my docs tell me I am doing super, much better than most. Sure makes me wonder though. I guess what I'm trying to say is that by the time they are finished with their barbaric Tx, our bodies have been pushed to the limit and we shouldn't expect our body to rebound quickly. I was told by my nutrition person to boost my cals post Tx (as soon as I could) to 3000 cals a day and get as much protein as possible. It was a struggle but I forced myself so maybe that played a role, I don't know.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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