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Replies to "@cskippy Hey Skippy, Wow you've got a lot going on, as a cancer patient I think..."
@stephin001 sorry for not getting back sooner a lot going on. Yes I have try Electrical Stimulation Acupuncture therapy. I cry and they had to stop treatment. This is how my neurologist explain it to me. it's like a extension cord it has a lot of layers to protect the wires inside. In my case when I had my 1st radiation treatment when I was done and came out of the tube my hold body from my neck to the bottom of my feet went to sleep 🙁 I ask if this was normal and she said yes give it time... then 3 days later I had chemotherapy, a day or so later I was in intensive for over expose to radiation & chemo 🙁 the doc told me that the treatments went though all the protective layers to my nerves. He also drew a diagram see below. I'm thankful and humbly I'm here 🙂 One more thing all the doctors I have seen are very baffled /complex case because usually if there's any side effects after treatment it happens year or so after your done, In my case after 7 + yrs the nerve damage is now affecting my swallowing, speech, etc. 2015-2016...33 treatments. Now just because I couldn't do the acupuncture it might help you. Stay strong 🙂
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@stephin001, welcome. What type of head and neck cancer do you have? Have you completed treatments?