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New cancer 2 months after TORS Surgery chemo+radiation
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Apr 29 1:33pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
My husband has not started chemo and radiation since the cancer was not all gotten with TORS. We have not seen the results of the Petscan and will meet with oncologists in next 2 weeks. How bad will the chemo and radiation get? He is in constant pain now from nerve damage to right side of head and neck and jaw. I'm so confused. I have an arsenal of pain meds but from many doctors and don't know what to give and what I can give together so just try different things. Hoping one of his doctors, maybe ENT surgeon, will help. He has a pain management doctor but he was his doctor during back surgery. Don't know if he will help now. May refer us back to oncologist. Hoping they will be able to give him a pain management plan that will keep the pain tolerable. What is the med of choice now for nausea during chemo or does it differ for all. Guess I'm premature here and will get the answers in the coming weeks. I find these blogs very helpful and hopeful. Thank you to all~
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Your Doctors should have already provided the pain med scripts as well as the anti nausea med
I was told to use the anti nausea med as a last resort because it can really bind you up
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Two things during my cancer journey that helped me keep track of everything from diagnosis/treatment options to my medications or pain meds was one I recorded every appointment with every person I was in contact with.
One, I bought a Philips VoiceTracer DVT1160 ($42 on Amazon) to record providers so I could always go back and play so nothing is missed.
Second, for meds I used this attached pdf to keep track.
Hope this helps ease some of the frustration.
Medication_Log sheet (Medication_Log-sheet.pdf)