OP Platinum Member (200+ posts) Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 207 | To David CPA,
I also am a CPA. I have little if any dry mouth. I was able to tolerate the ehtyol (sp) injections and I think they helped protect my glands. I did have IMRT radiation. 35 times. Still have my mask. I hate but cherish it becasue it was so instrumental in saving my life. Taste has totally returned. I was an agressive patient. Started working out two weeks after my neck disection. It did take over 18 months to gain most of my energy back. It took a long time to be able to concentrate on any one problem for a length of time. I take levethroid as my thyroid was fried. I feel I am still heeling, but am about at 95% now.
Happy Holidays to all of us and espescially to our care givers.
SCC, base of tongue, 2 lymph nodes, stage 3/4. 35 X's IMRT radiation, chemo: Cisplatin x 2, 5FU x2, & Taxol x2. Hooray, after 3 years I'm in still in remission.
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