 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Michelle,
In the throws of battle when I felt the worst, I was at home all day alone left to be a good patient and care for myself. When my wife would come home she would ask me "how much water did you drink?" and how many cans did you drink?", and I would lie to her just so she wouldn't get on my case. Well it didn't take long before the dehydration set in and with it came increased nausea and constipation and in turn everything starts to shut down and get worse. She finally decided to count my inventory before she left for the day, without my knowledge of course, and then she would nail me in my cover up. Long story short, he is not to be trusted. He may yell and kick and scream now but believe me he will thank you and sing your praises later if you hold him to the fire.
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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