 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Congrats for being a trooper this far. Soon after the rad starts you will loose your taste and it may not recover for well over a year. You will also loose your saliva and you will most likely loose a lot of weight so take this time to eat everything you dream of without regard to FAT or HEALTH. In fact it's a good idea to try to gain as much weight as you can right now. Quite the opposite of what we are told each day but, believe me, it will come in handy as you progress through your Tx.
All of us here will help you throughout this process so don't hesitate to ask any/all questions or just vent. WE, for the most part, are not doctors but we are VETS so use us.
Where are you being treated?
Were you a tobacco user?
Good healing and good luck.
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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