Hi all smile and thanks Jim, I hope I helped Bren with her mean member of "The Keepers of the DRUGS" (ooooH) I realised yesterday that even though I have rather severe versions of ALL of the side effects that Radio causes eg 40698 painful scaly ulcers, agonising swollen and painful mouth and tongue, dry mouth and tongue, dry cracking skin and lips, problems with eating and drinking, problems with mucus and thick saliva, its getting too painful to clean my teeth even with a babies toothbrush, and/or even use mouthwash, TOPPED OFF WITH a chesty phlegmy cough,(Man, I NEVER win jackpots like this EVER!!!) PLUS im only TWO weeks into my six weeks of treatment so far, YET I have only seen my 'real' oncologist twice (rather the one I met on the scary first day who said "Hi Im Micheal and Im your Oncologist"...Maybe hes just hired cause hes got a nice face and makes people feel relaxed and hes not really even a Dr at all hahah....no, he must be as he wrote me a script for something...phew). The rest of the time I have copped young interns...or REALLY young docs...young enough that I could have easily been their Mummys ..and I should smack their bottoms for having no respect for their elders!..er...and then I'd get put in jail and fined for being so unpolitically correct and being the cause of YEARS of their therapy due to child abuse from that one smacked bottom! haha(its stupid these days) Can you imagine a confrontation between me and Brendas Doc? mad(ouch it hurts to laugh).. hahaha "WHACK..."NOW mister! Is that how I brought you up? NOW! Stop Brendas pain and SHARE your Drugs with her right this minute!"..."NO! On second thoughts, hand em over here, sonny, they are hereby confiscated!!" hahaha.
How many times have I heard "Now, these tablets [asprins with 30mg of codiene in them] sleep are REALLY strong so i hope you arent driving are you? (said in a patronising teachers voice). Then...in a few days, I crawl in on all fours, whimpering that THE MEDS ARENT WORKING..I AM IN AGONY, CANT EAT, SLEEP, TALK AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING NOT COMING HERE AGAIN" Her reply might be..."well, perhaps we will try an antidepressant as you seem a bit angry" GRRRRRRR! DAMN RIGHT!
While I am on the ol'e drugs topic, can anyone tell me when the best painkillers are to take for this agonising mouth pain?(narcotics I mean) The last ones i was given were oxycontin 80 mg slow release...they were supposed to work over 10 hours or so but mine only worked for about one hour (so, of course I ran out quick making the dr think i was probably selling them...after all, isnt that what musos do? grrr). Now i have been given mscontin 200 mg (two a day) and they work for about 5 hours. Do I have a really low pain threshold or what? Will they run out of painkillers to give me? Im really scared.
Anyway I hope if not all, then at least a few of you, are feeling better than me today. I promise i wont whine on here everyday, Im just having a really sooky weekend due to the pain im in. Lots of love from D.U (down under) coolLyn xxx

Tongue Cancer SCC Removal of 2/3 of right side tongue, neck disection-34 lymph nodes removed. flap for new tongue made from left wrist in 2007. Now (mid 2011) speech has been back to normal since early 2009, and Im back working as a singer. So far so good!
2016... Still cancer free! Yay.