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Severe pain eating 7 weeks post-RT
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@sandy8043 My husband is about to start 7 weeks of radiation and possibly 3 chemo sessions. How did your chemo affect you? I'm trying to anticipate how he may feel,very scary .
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@lizzyj58 Hi. You might ask your husband's treatment team if they plan on 3 biweekly 100 mg cisplatin chemotherapy treatments. And if so, why not weekly 40 mg cisplatin treatments. I had the latter. The side effects are significantly less with the weekly lower dose treatment. The research suggests that the key in the chemotherapy's success is to get to a minimum of 200 total mg. If he can tolerate more, then that is better.
My chemo made me nauseous but was completely controlled through antiemetics. I was also very fatigued which got worse over time.