 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Sorry to say but most likely the worst is yet to come for your dad. For the majority of us the 2 to 3 weeks POST Tx are the worst part of the "treatment". A lot of us, me included, had to visit the hospital to get stabilized so to speak. Everything he is experiencing now will just get worse and it's like a snowball rolling down a hill, it just gets bigger and so do his problems. As always, hydration and calories are important so IF he could get those in his system during this crucial time it wouldn't be as bad as I described but that's the problem as most of us ignore water and food because of the pain and nausea and constipation and everything else and that's what lands us in a critical situation.
The good news is that after about 2 to 3 weeks post Tx he will finally walk out of that dark tunnel he's been in and he will start to feel much better and he will know that he's finally in the recovery stage.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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