| Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Welcome to OCF. Sorry you had to join. As you can see, just like the small print in the auto ads: "individual mileage may vary". I worked through my entire TX the first cancer, but from home via secure VPN connection to work for documents and Blackberry with speaker phone for emails and conference calls.
Your profile indicates you are a financial advisor and I did lose my voice at the end of TX for a week or so which made phone communication impossible. Otherwise, like Eric, William and David, I found work doable. In my case it was actually good to be busy from 1 to 4 am when I couldn't sleep. Keep the faith Charm 65 yr Old Frack Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+ 2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG 2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery 25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Apaghia /G button 2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa 40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Passed away 4-29-13
| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 224 Gold Member (200+ posts) | Gold Member (200+ posts) Joined: May 2010 Posts: 224 | I will go with what Eric said but change it ever so slightly, lol. Now remember, everyone is different, and I experienced far worse side effects and issues then most, and not being dramatic, lol.
I had eating problems and also trouble with the feeding tube.
I think all of my issues, well after the mouth sore issues, were mainly caused by the inability to stay hydrated and get in the calories I needed.
Everyone is different and I wished i had the experience some others had. I guess the biggest point i am trying to make, try your best to stay hydrated and get in as many calories as possible!
Best of luck!
25/female at diagnosis Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010 Surgery 04/13/2010 Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue. 30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010 | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 188 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 188 | Eric, hysterical and story repeated several times already. My Dad is seeing flying monkeys.
Caco CG to Dad. Biopsy 5/11 non-op, SCC stage IV poorly dif at base of tongue with nodes, quit smoking in '85, ChemoRad began 8/2/11 ended 9/22/11 with NED. Distant mets 11/11, clinical trials. War raging on!
| | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | Welcome to OCF. You came to the right place for support. As many of the posters have said we all go through treatment differently. Me, I had the worst of the worst. If it could wrong it did. I was not able to work form the start of treatment and was off for about two months after that. I only went back work then because my FMLA ran out. I am a teacher and it is very taxing, and I had a rough time of it going back. But now I am back at it full steam ahead and doing great. You will get through this. I pray that you go through it with ease and not many problems.
Angelia 31 at Dx. DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth, T1NOMO, T2N1M0 TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09 PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement PEG/PORT: 11/09 TX end: 02/01/10 PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear PEG Out: 06/21/10 Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN Baby girl born 11-30-12
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