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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 73 | ^^^ thanks alot David, we are already into 4th week(after radiation) and tomorrow tracheostomy will be done so as to ease the suction process, also my dad is not able to speak cause of the radiation , am just hoping now tat this tracheostomy helps him heal faster and avoid any inhospital infections as hes been in hospital for 22 days now(the next day after radiation he was admitted and till date hes in hspital) and already has got one infection which is being dealt with.
Me and my mom have alrady gone thru alot and now this, my sis whos in Albany,NY is also gonna fly back this weekend as being in hospial is really taking its toll on me n mom.
Has anybody here got tracheostomy done for secretions ? do let me know
Thanks all !
- Avinash
My Father,
Age 59, T2N1M0, Stage 3, smoker left 5 years back, casual drinker , NACT with TAXOL +5FU+Cisplatin x 2, and 70 Gy in 35# from 03/10/08 to 04/26/08, no surgery, After Chemo cycles tumor reduced 60%,
Cancer Free now !
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