 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | At best you will probably be the Bat Boy. lol
The problem we all seem to encounter is that in the early stages of the rad, we can swallow but shortly the food tastes bitter which takes away all the pleasure we derive from eating so it's not that we can't eat solid food, we just don't want to.
I try to tell people all the things that may happen so they won't be mentally caught off guard if they do. If they don't happen, then all is well either way. Granted some say they don't want to know anything but that's not me. By the time I finish with you, nothing will phase you and you will breeze right through it.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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