 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Sam,
it took me a year just to recover from the radiation. I had extreme fatigue, lost a lot of weight and had muscle atrophy. I can't even imagine being pregnant in the middle of treatment let alone the possibility of genetic problems. I had to sit while showering in the end of treatment. It takes a good month of recovery for every week of radiation (and that doesn't mean full recovery either). The radiation will also effect your RBC for as long as 4 months. Maybe your surgeon is being overly optimistic.
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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