#2377 04-23-2004 01:16 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Looking for post chemo/rad treatment symptoms of pneumonia...Dan feels bad (worse than usual) since yesterday...hardly took any PEG food in today and has lots of phlegm as usual but he sounds breathier when trying to talk even down into his chest and he says it (phlegm) feels "wet". No fever right now.
Thanks,
Deb
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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#2378 04-23-2004 03:52 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Debbie,
If he isn't hydrating, the phlegm or any body fluids will get much thicker. I had a mediport and kept bags of fluid in the fridge. If I didn't get enough to drink, at least oz=weight/2, we put 2-3 liters per day. It was easy to set up with the oncology nurse. We had a home health agency bring a pump and the supplies and even teach the wife how to access the port. If the temp even goes over 100, get to the ER.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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#2379 04-25-2004 06:24 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | OP "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Thanks, Ed, since he is not taking as much nutients these last days, we are trying to get more water in him at least. No temp yet, and I am watching closely for that.
Take care and God Bless,
Debbie
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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