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The C: Section Chronicles - 5 months

Bob Watt
Bob Watt CSN Member Posts: 60 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

It's been 5 months since the last day of radiation treatment and I feel great. I still have issues with lack of saliva so I chew gum everyday. Because of the dry mouth and difficulty in swallowing I do not look forward to meal times. Drinking and eating is very slow, but hey...  I'm alive and that is one blessing I can be extremely grateful of.

I had a recent ENT appointment and the specialist said as far as he could see and feel, there is no evidence of disease. I had been told I would have a six month PET scan, but because I'm on the public health system and funding has been severely reduced the PET scan will happen in two years time... In the meantime it's the new normal and life pretty much as usual.

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  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt CSN Member Posts: 4,725 Member
    edited September 2017 #2
    Great

    Bob,

    Keep doing what you do.

    Congratulations!

    Matt

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  • caregiver wife
    caregiver wife CSN Member Posts: 234
    #3
    NED = GREAT NEWS!!

    GREAT NEWS!!

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  • Bob Watt
    Bob Watt CSN Member Posts: 60 Member
    edited September 2017 #4
    CivilMatt said:

    Great

    Bob,

    Keep doing what you do.

    Congratulations!

    Matt

    b

    Thank you Matt

    Yes blessings deserve to be counted one by one Smile

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  • Bob Watt
    Bob Watt CSN Member Posts: 60 Member
    #5
    caregiver wife said:

    NED = GREAT NEWS!!

    GREAT NEWS!!

    Thank you... I was disappointed

    At first not getting the scan earlier... but then if they say two years, then who am I to argue... Goals are everything :)

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  • donfoo
    donfoo CSN Member Posts: 1,773 Member
    #6
    NED is great news!

    It takes time, allow a year, before things come back or not. The new normal sort of starts about then and you'll find that improvements happen slower as time goes on but things can keep improving. Hang in there, Don

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