#47660 02-14-2007 08:08 PM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 39 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 39 | Last Thursday was my last tx! I counted every treatment down as I conquered them. Im so glad that part of the nightmare is over for me. I had a lot of nausea, exhaustion, loss of taste, mouth sores and trismus (had that since surgery but got much worse with IMRT). Now Im day 6 out and can manage to swallow water without pain (most of the time). I wish the mouth sores would go away!!! Exhaustion sets in easily still...but Im planning on getting away this weekend with my hubby for our 21st wedding anniversary. You are all in my thoughts, hope you all enjoyed your valentines with someone special and did something special for yourself as well  .
Laura T T2NOMO Small Salivary Gland Cancer
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#47661 02-15-2007 12:09 AM | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 | Congratulations on the treatments and on the anniversary!
Well Done!!
Andrea
SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30
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#47662 02-15-2007 12:19 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 22 Member | | Member
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 22 | So glad that you are finished. I remember being ecstatic after finishing Tx. It was like graduating from college, just without the hoopla and beer. HA! The overall length of Tx seemed to pass very quickly but any individual day, hour, or second felt like an eternity.
Anyways, enjoy your new found free time and remember to take it easy. Good Luck.
Gary
SCC left Buccal Mucosa (cheek). Surgery with Modified Radical Neck (23 lymph nodes - all clear). IMRT x 30. Finished tx 11-21-06
"Don't give up, don't ever give up!"
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#47663 02-15-2007 01:49 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 248 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 248 | Congrats on your tx being completed and also on your 21st wedding anniversary. Hope your mouth sores and trismus subside and your love for your husband grows. Keep up your great attitude!!
Mark D.
Mark D. Stage 3 Nasopharynx dx10/99 T2N3M0 40xrad 2x Cisplatin 5FU. acute leuk 1998.
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#47664 02-15-2007 03:19 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 108 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 108 | Congrats! I remember my wife decorated the house with ballons and hand made signs while I was getting my last treatment. Cancer Free in '03 was my favorite one!
The end of treatment will stick in your mind just like the day they said you have cancer.
Enjoy!
Jim
T3N2aM0 SCC right oral tongue. Partial Glosectomy, Modified Neck disection for 1 Lymph Node. Dec. 2002. 35 IMRT 2003.
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#47665 02-15-2007 06:03 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 493 | Well done on both the end of IMRT and 21yr anniversary. Have a great time this week end you deserve it.
Tim
Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.
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#47666 02-28-2007 10:55 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 Member | | Member
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 | congradulations on finishing radiation treatments. I finished my radiation two months ago, and it took a good one month until I could tolerate food other than ensure, even with numbing my mouth with the magic mouthwash. At week three after radiation I was told about another mouthwash product, that needs to be compounded by a compounding pharmacy. It is misoprostel and lidocaine and is available with a prescription. The pharmacy that I used is in New Jersey, but they will ship anywhere. It really helped the sores in my mouth to heal much much faster. It is Liberty Pharmacy at 973-635-6200. | | |
#47667 03-01-2007 03:23 AM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 76 Senior Member (75+ posts) | | Senior Member (75+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 76 | Congradulations on finishing your treatment. Marvin is just starting but we are counting down.
Barb
CG for Marvin.
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