I'm constantly amazed when I read about the array of pain medications these days. My mainstay through 39 radiation treatments (17 years ago) was a liquid tylenol/codeine mixture. It sounds to me like the tradeoff was: more pain, zero nausea, zero constipation.

Cathy


Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989