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Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 341 | Thanks Eileen - doc said in his experience his patients report the bad side effects are week one and then they level off. He did tell us about the sweating. He didn't mention the humidity factor and since we live in Alabama we have about 6 months of humidity never lower than 80% and often reaching 100%. I'll just have to keep the air going extra strong!!!
Michelle, CG to husband (45), DX 2/08 Stage IVa Adenocarcinoma Salivary Gland (T2N2bMO)
Parotidectomy & ND 2/08, Tumor margins not clear, 4 of 30 nodes positve for cancer,
TX IMRT 39x, cisplatin 7x (completed 5/1/08),
PEG (4/22 - 7/9), No port. Currently in remission!
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