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Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 716 | Hi Wendy,
I start my rad Txs on the 16th of this month. My radiologist told me everybody responds to treatment differently. And that I should get a pretty good idea in the second to third week of Txs. He also said there is a possibility that it will be pure hell if not worse...not exactly what I wanted to hear. Your day 11 would fall in line with what was told to me.
The good news is that you're following your Doctors orders and took care of the situation. If he's not drinking a lot of water (48oz) and taking in 2000 to 3000 calories a day...Does he have a peg tube to help? I would definitely tell the treating physicians everything. Ensure, boost, VHC has a lot of calories. I used all of them when I was on a liquid diet...diluted all with vitamin D milk.
Good luck...others here will have more and better information to lay out for you...
7-16-08 age 37@Dx, T3N0M0 SCC 4.778cm tumor, left side of oral tongue, non smoker, casual drinker, I am the 4th in my family to have H&N cancer
8-13-08 left neck dissection and 40% of tongue removed, submandibular salivary gland & 14 nodes clean, no chemo, IMRTx35
11-4-08 Recovering & feeling better
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