"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 | Hi Angel,
I was able to drive myself to radiotherapy everyday except for the days that I was receiving chemotherapy too. The cancer centre here insisted that I use the transport that the hospital provided for those days when I was receiving both treatments, and I'm glad I did.
I thought I would have to get assistance during the last couple of weeks of radiotherapy only days but I didn't. Having said that I had transport organised just in case.
I had Cisplatin 1 day per week for 6 weeks without any problems. The anti nausea medication they provided certainly helped me there. Besides my hair thinning a little I had no other obvious side effects from the chemo.
Take Care - Karen
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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