#5239 03-27-2005 03:18 PM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11 Member | | Member
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11 | Hi everyone,
My friend is now almost three weeks post radiation/chemo treatment. One symptom he is having that we cannot quite get to the bottom of is a lot of sweating. It is not accompanied by a fever, just sweating, enough to make a shirt pretty wet. If anyone has any experience with this, I'd appreciate your thoughts.
And thank you to everyone for this forum. I don't post all that often but I am on here quite a lot reading the posts. It has been incredibly helpful.
Thanks again,
Lawrence
Co-caregiver for friend with T2N2BMO squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx.
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#5240 03-27-2005 03:49 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Lawrence, is he taking Salagen (Pilocarpine)? This is given to increase saliva production and will cause sweating if dose is high. Some people have a bigger problem than others.
Take care
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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#5241 04-06-2005 02:54 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 | Lawrence,
Another potential thing to check is Hep C. With the blast for the treatment, if Hep C is a factor, a flare up could cause this.
I can tell from your posts how fortunate your friend is to have you with him through this. May your days be bright!
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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#5242 04-06-2005 04:25 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 | It can be caused by low white and/or red cell count which is pretty typical post Tx as well as what others have mentioed.
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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