| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Minnie,
You're a tougher man than I am! We men are wimps - we don't deal with pain well. Thank God we can't have babies!
I took pain meds for almost 2 months post Tx. You are in a very small minority of patients who can quit pain meds that early.
I still have "yawning" pain and I am almost a year out (and I didn't have surgery - that's just from the radiation!)
Mark I completely agree with you about medications in general - as soon as I could wean off of them, I did. I don't even like to take aspirin.
Medications, like most things medical, are all about risk/benefit. Always discuss any issues with the doctor before making changes.
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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