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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Margaret,
My docs gave me everything they could think of and nothing seemed to work on me or it created worse problems than what I was taking them for so shortly before my rads ended I just stopped taking all my meds and my nausea subsided and that let me get more water and food in my body and like a snowball rolling down a hill, everything just got progressively better. As to why nothing seem to work for me...I have no clue. All I do know is that the pain I endured without the meds was far better than the uncontrolled nausea which brought dehydration, constipation and whacked out blood chemistry with the meds.
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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