Me & Cancer

Hi blod

mine feels like a bald crescent - but still losing some hair.

i am not in pain, the only discomfort is swallowing some foods. So have not been taking painkillers yet.

I use my PEG for meds and I take one bottle after each meal, to top calories up. I lost 7kg in first 14 days cos of lack of calories.

i must be doing something right cos my bloods are good, not dehydrated and not in pain.

Jacrelis said:

i must be doing something right cos my bloods are good, not dehydrated and not in pain.

That's brilliant to hear. Some folk get through this relatively unscathed physically. I keep banging on about the need to keep the nutrition up and not lose too much weight. It's what gets the recovery on track.

Well done

Blod said:

Take painkillers on a regular schedule to keep pain under control.

Absolutely agree. Pain is better controlled by taking analgesics ahead of the pain rather than chasing it. By the clock. I had a tick list on the kitchen wall. Clever folk do spreadsheets. There’s lots of stuff to remember, feeds, drugs, laxatives and oral care 

Welcome to the club that no one rushes to join.

I had similar left side of tongue, tonsil and left lymph node. 2 Chemo sessions and 30 radiotherapy sessions. I was ok until week 5 when my thoat got sore and after the second session of chemo I couldn't keep my food down so lost a bit of weight. Ive had a couple of set backs with infections in the throat and trismus. Living life though the best I can and learning to eat again.

 Fighter of cancer T4N2M0 oropharyngeal SCC(grade 3, P16 positive) 2 cycles of chemotherapy and 30 radiotherapy sessions.