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| Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 67 Likes: 1 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 67 Likes: 1 | I think the best advice I got was to drink lots and lots of water and have a bowl of ice cream each night before bed.
The water for the kidneys and the ice cream for the calories. Besides ice cream has significant, but difficult to quantify medicinal benefits.
Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45 Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013
| | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Definitely on the water.. My hospital was super cautious with cisplatin, they kept us in for the night on a full IV to flush the kidneys, hugs
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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