"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | Sounds like a bit of a rough day. Hopefully, now that Jeff is taking a break from work, he will get the rest he needs and feel a little better. During the first half of treatment Dan always felt a better on the weekends...I hope that is your experience as well!
I was just reading your signature line. Wow, the timelines are close. Two years ago today Dan was starting treatment. So, Jeff has 6 days up on him!
I don't recall seeing a treatment plan quite like Jeff's. He is having 2 full rounds of Cisplatin? That seems like a lot. Did your doctor warn you about ear's ringing? If they start to ring or there is a strong sensitivity to sound...tell your MO right away...permanent hearing loss can be a side effect. Dan's loss is minimal. But, they did change his plan when the symptoms occurred. And, of course, there are many people who did not experience that side effect.
I'm sensitive to the hearing because I woke up 2 months before Dan was diagnosed without hearing in my right ear. A weird case of sudden onset adult hearing loss. I kept thinking that we couldn't raise two teenagers without at least one of us having good ears. ;-) Margaret ---------- C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx) Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3) Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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