Hello everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. I am now 1 week post Tx. Seen my rad doc Thurs. and he was quite pleased. I didn't have a feeding tube and had a small battle with weight but got it stabilized at about week 5. Doc had me take fluids for the last 2 weeks and for the week after my last rad. I am now drinking 2730 calories and maintaining my weight. The doc let me stop taking fluids. My veins were getting sore. The mucositis is still alive and well bet staying regular with my pain med makes it bearable and my energy level is slowly getting better. I will probably get fairly healed and have the rad neck dissection on the left side. That's the update here's my question. Oh yeah I finally found a regimen that helped the constipation. Whew! The question I have is this. The fever that I had the Weekend prior to my last week of treatment stayed with me that whole week. I took augmentin, and was in and out of the cancer center all week. My blood cultures never showed anything and I never got to feeling bad. I had a slight fever on and off last week as well. 99-99.5. On about Wedsday I was pretty consistent with a normal temp and that lasted up to tonight and I went up to 100.0 again. I know that it's not my thermometer as I have compared it to home healths, and 3 others. Obviously I am running a fever and it seems to be in the evening hours mostly but not isolated to the evening. Has anyone had this expirience. I do not feel sick, I have no swollen areas that I can find, and i don't feel any other symptoms with the fever. I'm stumped but not really worried. None of the nurses or docs seem particularly concerned yet most literture says we should go straight to the ER if it reaches 100.5. I have had fevers with severe sunburns before (with no infection) and that is what it seems like. The way it comes and goes. My neck of course looks like a really bad sunburn. What do you guys think? Other than this nagging question my post Tx seems to be going really well as compared to some peoples experience. Thank You. Lee


Lee, age 33, stage 4a, T2N2bM0, Tumor left tonsil (removed), 2 left side nodes removed (poorly differientiatied)total of 3 nodes involved. Treatment IMRT x33/ 2x Cysplatin completed. Good Health and Good Help to you.
Lee