I had fair to horrific days during and several weeks post Tx. A lot of it is to be expected. You must experiment a lot with different anti nausea drugs, timing of feeding, foods, constipation remedies, anti-acids, effects of pain meds and many other things.

It is hard to watch a loved one puking up their guts everyday. My wife had a nervous breakdown over it and then I watched her go through the same thing and got a taste of the helplessness of it all. But being sick a lot is part of the cancer adventure, at least for a while. Just make sure that those nutrients and fluids are replaced.

Darrell, being a former pot head myself I would take issue with your statement "...no negatives regarding this natural substance.". Some studies have indicated that smoking a single joint is equal to 20 cigarettes -not to mention the extremely high temperatures. Marinol is a legal substitute with less risk.

Medical Marijuana is legal in California and several other states. I personally believe that all drugs should be legalized but that is way beyond the scope of what OCF is about and radically off topic.

Gail made a good point about the temperature thing. You should be taking it several times a day and it's a good idea to keep a log or diary of it and all the other things like food and fluid intakes, meds, adverse effects, pain levels, etc.


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)