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Continued vomiting after treatment has ended: Is this normal?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Dec 23, 2025 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
I'm sorry to hear that your husband is having such a difficult experience. Everyone is different. I went through treatment for stage IV SCC at the base of the tongue in 2006, with 6 weeks of chemo, and 42 days of radiation. I got quite sick during treatment, developing pneumonia in the 3rd week. My sister underwent treatment in 2022, with fewer treatments all the way around. She's had a great deal of difficulty with the aftereffects. I was 49 while she was 72. In a hundred years, they will look back on cancer treatment of today as being barbaric, but it is all we have. I wish you and your husband the best.
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I agree with you 100% about the treatments being barbaric. I'm hoping you and your sister are now in good health. My husband went through 47 rounds of radiation and like I mentioned in another comment, he started out with both chemo and radiation but the chemo was too hard on his body after the first few weeks of treatment that he went into kidney failure. He will be 49 next month. I've sometimes wondered if we should consider Sloan Kettering. He's a veteran so he gets his treatment at the VA hospital but has the option of getting treatment at Sloan. Unfortunately it's a bit aways from us and while he was receiving treatment at the VA hospital we wound up staying at the Fisher House which is similar to the doctor Ronald McDonald house. I'm pushing him to make an appointment with his doctor but he is so tired all the time and doesn't feel well and thinks the symptoms he had will pass. I'm hoping for good news once the PET scan is done. He lost almost 50 lbs in six weeks from treatment and he's continuing to lose more weight but just at a slower pace. I'm so glad I found this forum. It's nice to be able to hear from kind hearted people like yourself who unfortunately have experienced this horrific illness. Sending you and your family well wishes.