Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 130 | No ropes for me, they had long rubberband type things I had to hold on too.
Chris, I posted back in Oct about me and my mask. I didn't make it through the fitting. I had to quit and go home. I was crying when they let me up. I thought I would never be able to do it. Next day, me and the Ativan made it through it. The techs also cut the eys and nose out of my mask so I could "breath". They showed me how to "unbolt" myself if needed. They showed me that they had a monitor and if I couldn't make it to just wave my hand and they would be in there in seconds. I never had to do it. By the last weeks of rads. I stopped taking the Ativan. I didn't need it anymore so why bother. I left my mask, I didn't need it. I wont forget. You'll do fine. Amy
40 yr old. Stage IV SCC found left tonsil. PET/CT shows cancer on base of tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes on both sides. HPV 16 pos. 6 weeks of cisplatin, 43 days of radiation. 73gy on each side. ND March 2, 2009 reoccurance dx'd Aug 19, 2009
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