 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 |
Hello Bill and welcome to OCF.
When you get time, please add some info to your signature so its easier to respond to yoru questions.
Sorry to hear about your recurrance. Something that helped me get thru mine was knowing I beat it once, I can do it again.
Your post said you were going to start chemo/rad. Several things to know going into it..... if you are able to eat, do it now and eat like crazy. Dont worry about calories or gaining weight, you dont want to have regrets later. As long as you can eat, get all the spicy stuff in now and steaks, bread, meats, and sandwiches even a soda. Those things will be difficult if not impossible for a while later. Also do stretching exercises to work your jaw, drink everday (dont mean booze). Swallowing is an important function you dont want to have trouble with later.
Feel free to ask any questions that may come up. Also there is a ton of info on the main OCF pages with a good search functin availble there too.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
