 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Diflucan works better than Nystatin for the Thrush.
If he needs rehydration see if you can have it done in infusion rather than the ER. It's much faster and more comfortable.
It's only going to get worse - he's got to stop fighting it. He's got 20 more or so to go and it gets even worse in the weeks following the end of Tx.
If he's getting chemo, particularly Cisplatin he MUST stay hydrated or risk organ damage, especially kidneys.
Basically he is going through what most of us did, only a lot sooner. Treatment is not a happy time - he will be in this state for a while. Just take it one day at a time. I know its hard to watch. My wife thought for sure I was going to die but 4+ years later here I am. And I am healthy today.
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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