| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Sherri, I was hesitant to take pain meds too but I couldn't have gotten through the end of my tyreatment without them. If it's any reassurance to your mom, most research shows that if you're taking pain meds for cancer or cancer treatment pain, you aren't very likely to get addicted--you just want to get of of them ASAP!
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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