 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Jim,
What a coincidence, my radiation started on Jan 28th as well - 5 years ago. Yes you probably will need the patch and eventually maybe even more than one. The drugs you are taking now are not designed for long term, chronic pain.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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