 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I found the first 3 weeks of Tx including my first Cisplatin was easy, much better than I feared but right after my second Cis which was the beginning of week 4 all hell broke loose and things just got worse and worse until the third week post Tx when I said I felt like I finally walked out of a nasty dark tunnel. I didn't have the Peg and all pain meds I tried made me feel worse than I did without them so I gave up trying and stopped taking them causing me to fall short on the daily water and "food" recommendations which, like a snowball rolling down down a hill, caused all sorts of nasty things to happen. Somehow I still found the end of my tunnel so I'm sure Dan and you will come thru A OK. Just don't do what I did, just do as I say do. LOL
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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