| Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 711 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 711 | As predicted by several of you, the 1st 3 HBO dives were uneventful, even boring. I'm in a multiple seat chamber which is pressurized with regular atmosphere then a plastic bubble over the head provides the oxygen. There are 6 other patients in with me, 5 of whom are h&n cancer survivors and 2 of whom are having teeth extracted. So, I finish this round april 1st. then teeth out followed by 10 morw dives, though I'm told by the others in my group not to count on that as there may be more. Putting a real dent in my search for a job, which I really need to get. I'm home for the weekend but have to be at Travis AFB by 8 am tomarrow, then stay down there for the week. They are putting me up in a private room on base, which is not so bad. Guess I'll get through this too, and I won't be embarassed to smile.
David R. 65 yr old male non-smoker, light drinker, stage 3 or 4, depending on which doc you ask, scc rt. tonsil, 2 nodes, 7 weeks radiation and chemo. No surgery. Teatment ended 3/20/08. PET scan 8/08 showed no cancer. And now, as of oct, 2010, caregiver to wife, Linda, with breast cancer. May, 2013, Linda diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Enuf already.
| | | | Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | I did the solo chamber. I need a dozen more teeth removed since, due to rads, but just got over finishing another treatment in November, so I'm in no hurry to do the chamber again, plus have to see how I will have dental work, due to medicscam not covering, but will see my hospital. Good luck with the rest of yours.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil 11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp 01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks 06/11 30 HBO 08/11 RND PNI 06/12 SND PNI LVI 08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy 10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux 10/13 SND 10/13 TBO/Angiograph 10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI 12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo 11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO 03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN 09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy 04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site 06/17 Heart Attack Stent 02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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