#34672 08-11-2006 04:36 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 | hi all,
I had my third treatment this afternoon, 27 to go. Tonight my face is quite red, swollen and sore. It's not going to be fun; in fact I suspect it will become really unpleasant before it's done. Thankfully though, I'm 3 treatments closer to having it over with. A good bit of the fear is diminished, perhaps replaced by resignation. I don't know for sure, but I think we'll get through it O.K.
Wayne
SCC left mandible TIVN0M0 40% of jaw removed, rebuilt using fibula, titanium and tissue from forearm.June 06. 30 IMRT Aug.-Oct. 06
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#34673 08-11-2006 08:06 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Wayne,
Like I said in an earlier post tonight - acceptance is key and it sounds like you are there. Much of the fear is the uncertainty, especially the ugly place of being between Dx and Tx, certainly the WORST time and now you are fighting the battle, have your tactics and strategies worked out. Yeah it's gonna suck but you can do this. Keep focused on your cancer free life beyond all of this.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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