 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Geo,
That broken glass feeling is PAIN that needs to be controlled. There are not too many posting here that did not require major pain meds (Fentenyl) at some point mid-treatment...about where your dad is. Please push the docs and have that pain management in place...he needs more than he is getting.
Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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