#67297 01-11-2008 10:00 AM | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 | This may sound crazy, but nevertheless, here goes. My husband goes back for a follow-up CT scan and appointment with his surgeon in a week. This will be the first visit since finishing his radiation and chemo treatments. He is still taking all nutrition through his PEG. I am sure there are a million questions we should ask when we see the doctor, but I feel like I am not thinking of them all. Any pertinent questions we should be asking? Thanks for any input.
Caregiver to husband (age 52 at time of diagnosis)
Diagnosed with SCC right orapharynx in Aug. 2007 Stage T3N2bMx 9 of 57 nodes involved
Radical right neck dissection 9-24-07
35 IMRT & 7 chemo treatments
PEG tube still used for feedings
Finished all treatments on 12-10-07
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Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 7 | Congradulations! 1 month out, he's turned the corner. All I could think about at that point was when I should stop taking the myriad of medications I was on, and feel like a real human being again. I never had a peg, but learning to eat again after all that ensure took awhile.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Your questions will pop into your head from now till the appt including on the drive over. Most will come as soon as you leave the doctors office. LOL... Write any question down as soon as you think about it. Keep paper and pen handy, both of you. Don't say I'll write it down later because you will forget.
Obvious ones are:
How am I doing?
How's my throat look and neck?
When can I get the Peg out?
Anything I should be on the lookout for?
Anything I can do to help myself recover better?
What about future scans?
What about future appts?
How long before you can guarantee I will never have cancer again? Just had to throw that one in. LOL
Most of the other questions you will have can easily be answered by all the people on this site who in many cases know far more than your docs about the recovery process.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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